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Character  Reading  Through  Analysis  of  the 
Features 

Character  Revelations  of  Mind  and  Body 


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Character  Qualities  Outlined 


Character  Revelations 

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Character  Revelations 

of 

Mind  and  Body 

A  Statement  of  Methods  for  the  Study  of  the  Indica- 
tions of  Character  Which  are  Built  into  the  Face 
as  a  Result  of  Mental  and  Bodily  Reactions 

By 

Gerald  Elton  Fosbroke 

Author  of 
"  Character  Reading  through  Analysis  of  the  Features" 


Illustrated 


G.  P.  Putnam's  Sons 

New  York  and   London 

TTbe   IKnIcfterbocfter   {press 

1922 


Copyright,  192a 

by 

Gerald  Elton  Fosbroke 


Made  in  the  United  States  of  America 


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THE  PURPOSE 

This  book  is  an  honest  effort  to  eliminate  from  the 
subject  of  character  analysis  all  but  the  common  sense 
rules  that  a  trained  and  logical  mind  will  recognize  as 
based  upon  truth,  that  the  subject  may  come  at  least  one 
step  closer  to  an  exact  science. 

This  book  is  written  with  the  purpose  of  giving  as 
accurately  as  possible  the  basic  underlying  principles  of 
the  conclusions  stated  in  Character  Reading  Through 
Analysis  of  the  Features,  by  the  author,  and  readers  are 
referred  to  that  work  for  full  illustrations  of  the  points 
made. 

This  book  is  written  in  the  hope  that  those  with 
scientifically  trained  minds  and  the  necessary  time  will 
approach  this  subject  with  open  mind  and  direct  their 
equipment  and  effort  toward  giving  to  those  that  need  it, 
and  are  capable  of  acquiring  it,  a  dependable  method  for 
judging  character  by  observation. 

The  Author. 
December,  1921. 


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CONTENTS 

CHAPTER   I 

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What  Character  Analysis  Should  be     ...     .        3 

A  subject  for  trained  minds.  The  importance  of  certain 
necessary  qualities  for  a  character  analyst.  How  these 
qualities  may  be  acquired,  and  what  the  study  of  character 
analysis  will  teach.  How  it  should  be  applied.  Who 
should  make  a  serious  study  of  this  subject.  The  attitude 
of  scientists  and  psychologists  discussed,  and  their  opin- 
ions quoted.  Reasons  for  their  attitude.  The  value  of 
psychological  tests  and  of  character  analysis  by  observa- 
tion in  selection  of  men.  Each  has  its  own  field.  A  plea 
for  earnest  consideration  of  the  subject  by  trained  minds. 

CHAPTER  II 
Heredity   versus   Environment 14 

What  is  texture  and  what  is  quality?  Are  the  terms  synony- 
mous? The  indications  of  texture  and  those  of  quality. 
How  quality  may  be  developed.  How  birth,  training, 
environment,  associations,  and  physiological  conditions 
enter  into  this  question.  Facial  and  bodily  indications  by 
which  to  judge.  How  the  Laws  of  Expression  affect  the 
judgment.     How  quality  means  balance. 

CHAPTER  III 
The  Principles  of  Facial  Expression 18 

How  the  action  of  the  mind  and  body  react  on  the  face.  How 
the  sensitiveness  of  the  nervous  system  and  whole  bodily 
make-up  regulate  the  effects.  How  the  power  of  expression 


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may  be  increased.  How  the  face,  head  and  brain  are  a 
part  of  the  whole,  and  must  have  the  same  degree  of  power 
to  react.  How  the  facial  and  bodily  reactions  each  record 
themselves  in  a  particular  part  of  the  face.  What 
special  development  of  either  side  will  do.  How  tempo- 
rary and  permanent  expressions  are  recognized.  The  dif- 
ference between  compression,  expansion,  contraction, 
repression  and  relaxation  discussed.  The  different  facial 
indications  of  these  qualities  given.  How  to  detect  the 
positive  as  compared  with  the  negative  character.  Differ- 
ence in  the  action  of  intensity  and  emotionalism  in  ex- 
pressing these  tendencies.  The  importance  of  mastering 
these  laws  which  deal  with  psychological  and  physiological 
reactions  on  the  head  and  face.  How  character  reacts  on 
the  face  and  the  face  reacts  on  character. 

CHAPTER  IV 
The  Head 

How  the  general  head  structures,  by  applying  the  law  of 
balance,  are  important.  Inherent  qualities  and  their  indi- 
cations. Developed  characteristics  and  their  evidence. 
Discussion  as  to  whether  the  brain,  with  use,  increases  in 
size.  The  different  head  forms  indicating  varying  mental 
trend  are  described.  Reasons  are  given  why  deficient  head 
structure  is  always  confirmed  by  the  indications  of  poor 
constitutional  strength.  The  formations  which  indicate 
balance  in  power.  How  the  body  conditions  give  evidence 
of  the  character  of  mind  power.  The  cause  for  quick 
and  slow  mental  and  bodily  action.  What  indicates  an 
inherited  degree  of  development,  and  what  is  the  evidence 
of  rudimentary  form.  The  difference  between  the  animal 
and  sensual  nature. 

CHAPTER  V 
The  Forehead  and  Brows 37 

How  the  forehead  and  brow,  in  natural  form  and  development, 
indicate  the  power  and  character  of  the  mind.  How  the 
degree  of  reflective  and  perceptive  power  can  be  judged. 


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How  these  two  departments  of  the  mind  must  be  made  to 
work  in  harmony.  How  the  power  to  express  thought  and 
feeling  with  the  face  may  be  increased.  How  natural 
structures  change.  How  the  degree  of  decision  to  act 
may  be  correctly  gauged.  Difference  between  the  thin- 
skinned  and  non-wrinkled  brow  and  the  heavily  muscled 
forehead.  Discussion  as  to  whether  what  are  termed  the 
conscious  and  the  subconscious  minds  have  anatomical 
representation.  The  different  kinds  of  structural  forma- 
tion are  given,  and  the  qualities  which  they  indicate.  What 
makes  up  moral  code  is  discussed,  and  the  combination  of 
qualities  and  the  evidence  of  their  presence  is  given.  Four 
degrees  of  brow  compression  and  their  meaning  are  out- 
lined. Miscellaneous  character  indications  of  the  brow  are 
given.  How  the  self-centered  subject  may  be  recognized. 
The  different  kinds  of  insanity  are  named  and  their  cause 
is  analyzed.  The  effect  of  each  on  the  face  is  described. 
Why  hair  growth  is  acknowledged  by  scientists  to  be  an 
indication  of  character.  How  to  develop  the  kind  of  face 
that  is  desired. 

CHAPTER  VI 
Natural  and  Developed  Eye  Structures     ...       51 

How  the  eye  resembles  a  camera  in  its  manner  of  operation. 
Difference  between  the  normal,  myopic  and  hypermetropic 
eye,  and  how  each  affects  character.  How  the  position  of 
the  eye  and  whether  it  is  deep-seated  or  prominent  affects 
character.  How  the  muscles  of  the  eye  regulate  vision. 
What  "accommodation"  means.  How  eye  training  and 
mind  training  are  synonymous.  How  the  one  with  near- 
sighted and  prominent  eye  is  handicapped.  It  means 
mental  effort  to  see  things.  Effect  of  mind  action  or  emo- 
tion on  the  eye.  How  use  strengthens  the  eye  and  power 
of  observation.  Brightness  of  eye  an  indication  of  mind 
activity.  How  the  regulation  of  light  affects  sight.  Why 
structures  surrounding  the  eye  have  their  effect  on  vision. 
How  the  natural  position  of  the  eye  may  be  changed  by 
thought  or  emotion.  How  the  color  of  eye  affects  vision. 
Interesting  experiment  with  cardboard.  How  excess  in 
dissipation,  temper  and  sex  excitement  will  make  the  eye 


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prominent,  and  how  these  things  deaden  sense  perception. 
Character  of  thought  may  be  judged  from  the  eye.  Cor- 
rect position  of  the  iris.  What  the  muscle  bordering  the 
rim  of  the  lower  eyelid  means.  How  to  judge  the  cause  of 
its  development.  The  different  action  of  emotionalism,  in- 
tensity, and  animality.  How  emotion  affects  the  eye,  and 
the  indications  of  over-responsive  heart.  How  emotion 
affects  thought.  The  deep-seated  eye  indicates  the  active, 
alert  mind  and  the  eye  that  visualizes.  Difference  between 
getting  the  form  or  the  substance  of  acquired  knowledge. 
Proof  of  how  the  eyeball  is  controlled.  Different  kinds 
of  insanity  and  their  results  upon  the  eye.  What  causes 
insanity.  Four  droops  of  the  upper  eyelid  compared.  How 
the  arterial  and  glandular  systems  are  affected  by  excite- 
ment and  emotion.     The  importance  of  eye  development. 

CHAPTER  VII 
Nose 

The  physiological  importance  of  the  nose.  How  its  structure 
affects  character.  Why  energy  and  action  will  be  found 
with  a  large  nose,  and  indolence  and  timidity  with  a 
cramped  nose  structure.  The  effect  of  mind  action  on  the 
nose,  and  how  the  point  is  particularly  sensitive.  How 
head  structures  correspond  with  the  form  of  the  nose. 
The  indications  which  show  the  difference  between  criti- 
cism and  analysis.  Effect  of  giving  way  to  desire.  Inter- 
esting comparison  of  developed  coarseness,  natural 
coarseness,  and  the  unformed  structure,  of  nose.  How 
sense  reactions  vary  in  accord  with  development  of  mind. 

CHAPTER  VIII 
The  Action  of  Mind  and  Body  on  the  Mouth    .     .      78 

The  most  responsive  feature  of  the  face.  How  it  is  molded 
by  the  mind  and  body  reactions.  The  natural  seat  of  body 
expression.  The  effect  of  different  degrees  of  intensity 
upon  the  mouth.  How  to  read  the  mouth  in  motion. 
Degree  of  importance  of  natural  mouth  structure.  The 
mouth  indications  of  mind  or  body  control.     How  com- 


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pression  and  expansion,  contraction,  repression  and  relaxa- 
tion are  shown  in  the  mouth.  How  the  mouth  is  directly 
correlated  with  the  desire  side  of  the  personality.  Inherent 
difference  in  the  structure  of  a  man's  and  a  woman's 
mouth.  Mouths  not  all  muscled  in  the  same  manner. 
How  the  activity  of  the  secretory  systems  as  evidence  in 
the  mouth  indicate  character.  Character  qualities  indicated 
by  different  reactions  of  the  mind  on  the  mouth.  The 
importance  of  considering  the  development  of  the  mouth 
or  lack  of  it  in  judging  character. 

CHAPTER  IX 
Color  as  a  Character  Guide 85 

No  hard  and  fast  rule  in  regard  to  color  as  a  character  guide. 
The  three  points  to  be  considered  to  determine  the  color 
bias.  The  exceptions  to  the  general  rule,  and  their  indica- 
tions. What  early  writers  have  contended  in  this  matter. 
The  characteristics  of  the  brunette  and  the  blond  are 
stated.  Under  what  conditions  the  brunette  will  have  what 
are  termed  blond  qualities.  Under  what  conditions  blonds 
will  have  what  are  termed  brunette  qualities.  The  effect 
of  blood  condition  on  character.  Difference  in  the  mind 
processes  of  the  brunette  and  blond.  The  theories  of 
others  as  to  why  color  will  give  character  indications.  The 
correct  explanation  given  with  scientific  proof  of  its  truth. 
How  the  degree  of  bile  salts  in  the  blood  affects  character. 
How  degree  of  sensitiveness  affects  the  question  of  color 
qualities.  How  the  activity  or  lack  of  activity  of  the  secre- 
tory, assimilative  and  eliminative  systems  affect  coloring. 
How  medical  science  confirms  the  reasons  for  character- 
istics indicated  by  color.  How  emotional  activity  will 
increase  pigmentation.  Other  proofs  that  color  is  a 
character  guide. 

CHAPTER  X 

Nerve  Tension  as  Evidenced  in  the  Face    ...      95 

Emotionalism  results  in  relaxation,  and  causes  looseness  of 
features.     How  control  results  in  intensity  and  firmness 


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of  muscles.  The  types  of  nervousness  described.  The  face 
structures  of  each  are  given,  and  the  qualities  that  accom- 
pany each  type.  How  reflective  or  perceptive  development 
affect  nervousness.  Causes  of  nervousness.  Difference 
of  men  and  women  in  this  respect.  The  effects  of  each 
type  of  nervousness. 

CHAPTER  X 
Masculine  versus   Feminine 101 

The  closeness  of  the  dividing  line  between  sex  is  considered. 
How  certain  qualities  are  ascribed  to  man  and  others  to 
woman.  What  are  masculine  qualities  and  what  are 
feminine.  The  face  and  body  structures  that  indicate  man's 
qualities  and  woman's.  Importance  of  taking  inventory 
and  deciding  this  trend  before  making  an  analysis.  How 
the  idea  of  what  qualities  are  masculine  or  feminine  is 
changing.  How  structural  changes  must  take  place  to 
correspond. 

CHAPTER  XII 
How  to  Analyze  a  Character 106 

Important  to  realize  seriousness  of  subject.  Little  knowledge 
dangerous;  requires  trained  mind.  Psychology  and 
physiology  must  be  understood.  Know  what  a  man  is 
today,  not  what  he  was  yesterday.  Each  subject  must  be 
treated  as  an  individual  problem.  Action  of  muscles  of 
face  in  expression  respond  in  all  in  the  same  manner. 
The  uses  of  character  analysis  are  three-fold.  Develop- 
ments control  conclusion  as  compared  with  natural  struc- 
ture. Real  object  is  to  help  subject.  Importance  of 
assigning  the  cause  of  different  developments.  Vocation 
must  be  considered  in  giving  constructive  criticism.  Advice 
must  be  given  only  after  careful  analysis.  How  an  analysis 
should  be  constructed.  Where  to  begin  and  how  to  place 
the  subject  in  making  an  analysis.  Warning  not  to  allow 
personality  of  subject  to  outweigh  the  character  indica- 
tions in  the  face.  The  most  important  things  to  be  con- 
sidered.    Importance  to  correlate  all   indications  and  to 


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weight  the  natural  structures  and  developments.  How  to 
judge  each  quality  in  relation  to  others,  and  decide  the 
influence  which  each  has  on  others.  The  importance  of 
learning  the  basic  principles  of  character  analysis.  In- 
stances given  of  how  important  it  is  to  find  the  cause  for 
the  developments. 

Analysis 127 


ILLUSTRATIONS 

FACING  PAGE 

Gerald  Elton  Fosbroke Frontispiece 

Full  Face  Analysis  No.  280 130 

Profile  Analysis  No.  288 142 

Full  Face  Analysis  No.  288 146 

Profile  and  Full  Face  Analysis  No.  288      .     .     .  152 

Profile  Analysis  No.  222 154 

Full  Face  Analysis  No.  222 158 

Profile  and  Full  Face  Analysis  No.  222  ....  164 

Profile  Analysis  No.  200 166 

Full  Face  Analysis  No.  200 170 

Profile  and  Full  Face  Analysis  No.  200     .     .     .  174 

Profile  Analysis  No.  232 178 

Full  Face  Analysis  No.  232 182 

Profile  and  Full  Face  Analysis  No.  232     .     .     .  186 

Profile  Analysis  No.  310 188 

Full  Face  Analysis  No.  310 102 

Profile  and  Full  Face  Analysis  No.  310  .     .     .     .  198 


Character  Revelations  of 
Mind  and  Body 


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Character  Revelations  of 
Mind  and  Body 

CHAPTER  I 
WHAT  CHARACTER  ANALYSIS  SHOULD  BE 

The  careful  analysis  of  thousands  of  subjects  discloses 
that  very  few  people  have  a  broad  mind  training.  There 
are  few  who  have  the  ability  to  bring  the  full  power  of 
their  attention  to  bear  on  one  thing  at  a  time.  It  is  only 
in  this  way  that  a  definite  sense  record  of  the  thing  is 
made. 

Few  people  have  acquired  the  kind  of  concentration 
which  will  enable  them  to  follow  an  analysis  from  the 
premise  to  the  conclusion  without  allowing  the  mind  to 
wander  off  into  the  by-paths  that  are  always  presented 
in  every  problem  whether  large  or  small. 

Few  have  developed  their  power  of  observation  to  the 
extent  that  they  are  able  to  focus  their  glance  with  such 
attention  and  concentration  as  will  give  them  the  degree 
of  penetration  that  should  be  theirs.  A  well  trained  eye 
with  the  light  of  a  well  trained  commanding  mind  shining 

3 


4  Character  Revelations 

through  it,  will  take  a  man  further  along  the  road  to 
success  than  any  other  one  thing. 

The  majority  of  people  see  in  a  general  way,  but  not 
in  detail.  They  seldom  really  fix  their  glance  with  all 
their  mind  and  body  power  centered  behind  it,  and  as  a 
result  the  untrained  mind  when  observing  an  object  will 
see  but  one  or  two  things  and  record  them  indistinctly; 
whereas,  the  trained  mind  and  eye  will  see  a  hundred 
points  of  interest  in  that  same  object  and  definitely  record 
them  all. 

It  is  this  latter  type  of  observation  that  gives  one  the 
ability  to  visualize  all  things  seen  so  that  a  detailed  mental 
picture  of  the  thing  observed  and  its  associations  may 
be  called  to  mind  at  will  for  further  consideration  and 
analysis. 

Out  of  this  type  of  observation  and  the  consequent 
power  to  visualize  will  develop  the  power  to  reason  in 
the  abstract,  which  mental  quality  is  seldom  found.  Upon 
this  kind  of  observation,  and  the  consequent  perceptive 
development,  will  depend  the  ability  to  judge  accurately 
and  compare  relative  values  in  form  as  well  as  in  the 
abstract.  Until  the  power  to  reason  in  the  abstract  is 
developed  to  a  considerable  degree,  enough  to  enable  one 
to  correlate  several  indications,  there  is  little  hope  of 
correctly  judging  character;  for  all  (not  part)  of  the 
evidence  must  be  weighed  in  order  to  form  a  correct  con- 
clusion.   This  takes  years  of  applied  effort  and  training. 

Psychologists  agree  that  development  of  a  quality  along 


What  Character  Analysis  Should  Be  5 

any  special  line  of  endeavor  will  enable  one  easily  to  turn 
this  same  development  to  use  in  many  other  directions. 
They  also  agree  that  a  topic  of  natural  interest  to  the  sub- 
ject must  be  used  as  a  starting  point  for  building  in  such 
qualities  as  attention,  concentration,  observation,  visual 
ability,  etc.,  and  the  study  of  human  nature  is  of  interest 
to  all. 

It  is  certain  that  a  conscientious  study  of  peopie  will 
overcome  the  prevalent  tendency  toward  being  self-cen- 
tered, and  will  bring  about  increased  power  in  the  appli- 
cation of  all  these  qualities. 

No  one  can  undertake  the  study  of  his  fellow  man 
without  being  drawn  outside  of  himself,  which  will  in- 
crease his  power  of  expression,  both  in  action  and  word. 

Character  analysis  requires  direct  dealing  with  life 
itself,  and  life  is  not  a  mechanical  thing,  nor  can  the 
analysis  of  a  life  record  be  handled  mechanically.  The 
attempt  to  do  it  in  this  way  is,  to  a  great  extent,  responsi- 
ble for  the  discredit  with  which  the  subject  is  regarded 
by  those  in  educational  and  research  work. 

The  application  of  phrenology,  either  in  detail  or  as  to 
general  head  structures,  is  mechanical  unless  the  evidence 
of  the  psychological  and  physiological  reactions  on  the 
face  are  taken  into  consideration  and  weighed  in  the 
balance. 

Color  of  eyes,  hair  and  skin  undoubtedly  has  its  charac- 
ter indications,  but  no  one  can  be  judged  by  a  hard  and 
fast  rule,  for  we  all  have  a  free  will,  and  association, 


6  Character  Revelations 

environment  and  training  may  change  the  whole  course 
of  a  man's  life  and  the  mind  and  body  reactions  of  his 
face  will  in  that  event  show  that  he  has  developed  alto- 
gether contrary  to  natural  type. 

Because  a  man  has  a  certain  profile  (convex,  concave 
or  plain,  as  some  term  it),  or  because  he  has  a  certain 
form  of  hand  (square,  long  or  spatulate),  and  although 
these  things  in  themselves  may  give  evidence  of  certain 
qualities,  the  character  of  the  mind  and  body  develop- 
ment will  sometimes  absolutely  contradict  the  evidence 
furnished  by  these  indications.  For  this  reason  character 
analysis  cannot  be  successful  as  a  mechanical  process. 

The  failure  of  many  educators  and  scientists  to  accept 
character  analysis  is  undoubtedly  because  of  this  kind  of 
mechanical  work  done  by  those  of  a  few  months'  study 
and  observation.  They  are  right  in  concluding  that  such 
superficial  character  analysis  does  far  more  harm  than 
good.  They  are  justified  in  refusing  to  consider  as  other 
than  charlatanical  such  claims  as  the  one  that  "a  large 
and  full  mouth  indicates  a  character  filled  with  folly  and 
wickedness."  The  quotation  is  from  one  of  the  early 
observers,  not  a  scientist.  The  mouth  is  acknowledged 
by  scientists  to  be  a  point  of  great  sex  excitability,  but 
he  overlooked  the  fact  that  the  mouth,  although  "large 
and  full,"  may  be  and  often  is  molded  by  mentality.  In 
the  latter  case  the  physical  indications  of  folly  and  weak- 
ness have  been  turned  into  proof  of  wisdom  and  power 
by  the  exercise  of  control. 


What  Character  Analysis  Should  Be  7 

Another  fallacy  of  the  mechanical  method  (this  time 
by  a  modern  observer)  is  illustrated  by  contrasting  the 
albino  with  the  negro.  To  this  modern  observer  the 
albino  is  the  extreme,  of  blondness,  and  the  negro  the 
extreme  of  brunetteness,  and  therefore  the  negro  has  all 
the  qualities  of  the  brunette  in  the  extreme. 

Observation  will  prove  conclusively  that  the  negro  is 
most  lacking  in  those  qualities  that  are  peculiar  to  bru- 
nettes. 

No  one  but  a  superficial  thinker  will  accept  the  theory 
of  this  observer  that  a  change  of  character  in  mature 
life  will  change  materially  the  fineness  or  coarseness  of 
the  hair  or  the  color  of  the  eyes  and  hair  from  blond  to 
brunette,  or  vice  versa. 

Because  this  subject,  embracing  as  it  does  self-knowl- 
edge and  the  desire  to  look  into  the  lives  of  others,  holds 
such  absorbing  interest  for  all  people,  the  untrained  and 
emotional  mind  has  given  more  time  to  the  question  than 
those  trained  in  research  work,  and  the  appeal  to  this 
type,  by  the  would-be  money  maker,  is  necessarily  dressed 
to  suit  the  demand  of  the  mind  governed  by  emotionalism, 
and  not  by  cold  analysis. 

Because  untrained  minds  have  so  greatly  dabbled  in 
this  subject,  trained  minds  have  hesitated  to  approach 
it,  although  they  are  the  very  ones  who  can  best  use  this 
knowledge  for  the  benefit  of  the  thousands  of  lives  that 
are  constantly  being  grounded  and  touched  under  their 
tutelage. 


8  Character  Revelations 

It  appears  that  many  drift  through  years,  unable  to 
find  themselves,  and  as  a  last  resort  are  ready  to  grasp 
at  the  straw  of  immature  knowledge  held  out  by  the 
would-be  character  analyst.  This  would  not  be  the  case 
if  those  who  should  have  a  thorough  knowledge  of  human 
nature  were  able  to  understand  those  placed  in  their 
charge. 

The  subject  of  analysis  of  character,  intelligently  ap- 
plied by  trained  analysts,  must  at  some  time  become  a 
branch  of  the  psychological  departments  of  our  educa- 
tional institutions,  and  the  sooner  it  is  recognized  by  those 
in  authority,  and  the  wheat  separated  from  the  chaff,  the 
sooner  will  people  reap  the  benefit  of  an  increased  under- 
standing of  themselves  and  their  relationship  with  others. 

Psychologists  have  lately  begun  to  formulate  tests  with 
which  to  gauge  the  reactions  of  different  character  quali- 
ties— and  to  this  extent  they  have  entered  the  field  of  the 
character  analyst.  This  subject  of  character  analysis  by 
observation  of  natural  and  developed  face  indications  is 
not  one  to  be  thrown  aside  lightly  by  anyone  who  claims 
to  have  been  "an  earnest  student  of  character  analysis 
for  years."  Nor  can  it  be  dismissed  with  the  statement 
that  "character  analysis  (he  means  by  observation)  is 
misleading  and  without  any  foundation  or  scientific 
basis."  The  balance  of  this  article,  written  by  this  same 
psychologist,  plainly  shows  that  his  whole  research  work 
on  the  subject  of  character  analysis  by  observation  has 
been  the  study  of  phrenology,  and  he  has  not  taken  into 


What  Character  Analysis  Should  Be  9 

consideration  in  the  least  the  psychological  and  physio- 
logical reactions  of  the  mind  and  body  on  the  face,  many 
of  which  signs  are  recognized  by  the  science  of  medicine. 

Quoting  again  from  the  university  paper,  because  it 
represents  the  attitude  so  strongly  prevalent  among  this 
class  of  men,  it  is  stated,  "this  revised  pseudo-science  has 
many  followers  among  industrial  executives,"  but  no 
record  of  results  is  attached  showing  that  an  honest  in- 
quiry has  been  made  among  these  executives  to  discover 
whether  or  no  these  "followers"  have  found  it  of  value 
or  otherwise,  and  to  what  extent  they  are  using  it. 

To  deny  that  the  mind  and  body  in  their  development 
affect  the  face  is  to  deny  the  laws  of  psychology  and 
physiology,  upon  which  sciences  the  proper  judgment  of 
character  by  observation  are  directly  based. 

Psychological  tests  and  character  analysis  by  observa- 
tion of  the  mind  and  body  reactions  on  the  face,  as  they 
are  being  applied  in  the  selection  of  employes,  both 
serve  their  own  purpose,  and  one  is  but  the  complement 
of  the  other.  For  extended  test  for  the  selection  of  em- 
ployes for  important  positions,  and  particularly  in  trades 
that  require  skill,  the  Binet-Simon  Scale  for  measuring 
Intelligence,  or  the  revised  scale  known  as  "Standard  Re- 
vision of  the  Binet-Simon  Scale,"  and  other  psychologi- 
cal tests,  are  of  unquestioned  value,  but  judgment  by 
observation  must  be  used  even  in  this  work  to  determine 
the  subjects  that  are  worthy  or  unworthy  of  this  expen- 
diture of  both  time  and  money. 


io  Character  Revelations 

There  are  certain  types  of  selection  which  can  be  made 
only  by  judging  correctly  of  the  face  values.  For  in- 
stance, in  the  selection  of  a  salesman  he  must  have  self- 
confidence,  but  not  objectionable  aggressiveness;  he  must 
be  balanced  from  the  standpoint  of  mind  and  body  force 
which  will  give  him  the  combination  resulting  in  a  force- 
ful and  pleasing  personality.  All  mind  or  all  body  can- 
not sell  goods.  He  must  have  overcome  sensitiveness  to 
the  extent  that  his  mind  is  dominant  and  sure  of  success, 
and  he  must  have  a  knowledge  of  human  nature.  The 
salesman  should  lean  toward  the  physical  or  mental,  ac- 
cording to  the  nature  of  the  thing  he  is  to  sell.  All  of 
these  qualities  are  difficult,  if  not  impossible,  to  gauge 
by  such  tests  as  Binet's,  but  can  be  interpreted  by  the 
close  observer  from  the  effects  of  mental  and  physical 
action  on  the  facial  muscles  and  structure. 

The  salesman  himself,  cannot  resort  to  psychological 
test,  but  must  depend  wholly  upon  his  instant  judgment 
of  people  to  handle  the  psychology  of  a  sale.  And  the 
salesman  that  does  not  either  consciously  or  subcon- 
sciously read  and  understand  the  past  and  present  reac- 
tions of  the  mind  and  body  on  the  face  of  his  prospective 
buyer  is  not  successful  in  his  employment. 

The  teacher,  to  be  efficient,  should  understand  and  be 
able  to  recognize  the  inherent  qualities  and  the  mind  and 
bodily  reactions  on  the  face  of  each  student,  to  intelli- 
gently assist  him  in  his  endeavor  to  learn.  He  should 
be  able  to  distinguish  the  character  of  the  student's  mind 


What  Character  Analysis  Should  Be  1 1 

so  that  he  may  give  him  such  material  and  training  as 
will  develop  him  to  the  best  advantage. 

Judging  the  moral  code  and  dependability  of  an  appli- 
cant is  dealing  with  abstract  qualities  which  arise  from  a 
sum  total  of  the  character  qualities.  The  psychological 
and  physiological  reactions  on  the  face  show  the  increase 
or  control  of  natural  tendencies  in  this  direction,  and 
are  quickly  gauged  by  observation.  Doubtless  these 
qualities  would  prove  difficult  to  judge  by  psychological 
test. 

Physical  examination  is  resorted  to  by  some  employ- 
ment departments  as  part  of  the  process  of  their  selection 
of  employes,  but  blood  tests  as  part  of  this  examination 
would  be  impracticable  because  objected  to  by  prospective 
employes  as  a  part  of  this  examination.  The  general 
blood  conditions  and  heart  reactions  of  a  subject  can  be 
nicely  gauged  by  training  the  powers  of  observation  in 
this  direction.  This  is  important,  for  neither  the  anaemic 
nor  the  chronically  bilious  employe  helps  the  building 
of  an  organization.  The  first  is  certain  to  be  inefficient 
because  lacking  in  alertness  and  staying  quality,  whereas 
the  latter  is  sure  to  be  an  irritable  pessimist  and  a  grum- 
bling disorganizes 

It  would  appear  in  making  psychological  tests  that  the 
degree  of  mental  control  over  the  emotions  and  the  activ- 
ity of  the  conscious  thinking  powers  and  the  emotional 
side  would  be  of  first  importance.  The  degree  of  reaction 
of  the  subject  to  psychological  tests  must  necessarily  be  in 


12  Character  Revelations 

accord  with  these  factors.  The  degree  of  these  regulating 
forces  can  be  judged  with  accuracy  by  the  trained  ob- 
server. 

As  is  shown  in  this  book,  minds  may  be  divided  into 
two  classes  that  react  in  an  entirely  different  way,  the  first 
decision  of  one  and  the  last  decision  of  the  other  being 
the  ones  best  relied  upon.  The  first  type  is  the  thinking 
mind,  and  the  second  the  memory  mind.  The  type  of 
mind  may  be  recognized  at  a  glance  by  the  observer,  and 
the  efficient  use  of  the  Binet  tests  would  be  materially 
increased  if  they  were  used  with  this  difference  taken 
into  consideration. 

The  author  holds  no  brief  for  character  analysis. 
Without  antagonism  or  belligerency  he  is  actuated  solely 
with  a  desire  for  truth.  He  does  not  look  to  the  use  of 
this  subject  in  any  form  for  a  livelihood,  but  does 
urgently  beg  that  those  in  whose  life's  work  this  should 
be  a  part  shall  consistently  and  with  open  mind  enter 
this  field  for  research.  It  is  their  trained  minds  that  can 
master  this  and  bring  to  tens  of  thousands  the  assistance 
through  understanding,  which  the  author  of  this  book 
has  been  able  to  give  only  to  thousands. 

With  this  thought  in  mind  he  has  made  in  this  work 
an  honest  endeavor  to  outline  in  a  common-sense  way  the 
principles  that,  conscientiously  used,  have  never  failed  to 
give  accurate  results. 

If  the  man  of  trained  mind,  grounded  in  the  methods 
of  scientific  research,  will  realize  the  importance  of  this 


What  Character  Analysis  Should  Be  13 

subject,  and  give  the  time  to  this  study  that  he  would 
require  to  master  any  of  the  sciences,  there  will  no  longer 
be  lack  of  proof  of  the  reality  that  character  analysis 
from  observation  is  based  upon  exact  science. 


CHAPTER  II 
HEREDITY  VERSUS  ENVIRONMENT 

The  eternal  question,  Heredity  versus  Environment, 
crops  out  again  in  the  question  of  character  analysis,  but 
in  another  form  and  under  another  heading,  viz.,  Texture 
versus  Quality. 

These  two  terms  are  used  by  some  authorities  as 
synonymous,  but  appear  to  the  thinking  mind  as  entirely 
different  things  derived  from  two  distinct  causes. 

Texture,  as  the  term  is  used,  represents  the  inherited 
degree  of  fineness  or  coarseness,  hardness  or  softness  of 
the  flesh  and  muscle  structures  of  the  body,  and  is  used 
as  a  mechanical  basis  from  which  to  judge  the  character 
qualities  of  the  subject.  It  does  not  appear  to  take  into 
account  the  possibility  that  environment,  training,  and 
association  are  responsible  to  a  great  extent  for  what  one 
is  as  a  maturing  or  matured  character. 

Just  as  it  cannot  be  questioned  that  one  has  no  memory 
or  moral  code  when  born,  but  inherits  an  equipment  of 
more  or  less  sensitiveness  with  which  these  qualities  may 
be  developed,  so  is  it  true  that  the  greater  or  lesser  degree 
of  improvement  of  this  inherited  equipment  depends  upon 

14 


Heredity  Versus  Environment  15 

the  environment,  associations,  training  and  physiological 
condition  of  the  subject. 

It  is  also  true  that  many  inherit  much  of  natural  ad- 
vantage in  excellence  of  mental  and  bodily  structure,  but 
fail  miserably  in  capitalizing  their  opportunity,  and  that 
others  upon  whom  fortune  did  not  smile  in  this  respect 
have  led  the  world  in  accomplishment  in  every  direction. 

Therefore,  in  making  your  observations  it  is  neces- 
sary that  you  decide  whether  there  is  such  an  inheritance 
as  a  balanced  head  structure,  fine  hair,  a  skin  with  close 
pores,  a  fine  eye,  well-shaped  and  firm  cartilages  of  the 
nose  and  ear,  well-proportioned  face  and  body,  active 
nervous  system,  and  elastic  muscles,  neither  too  hard  nor 
too  soft  (indicating  health),  that  you  may  decide  the  class 
of  material  that  has  been  worked  upon,  and  the  natural 
bias  of  the  temperament. 

It  is  equally  important  to  note  whether  the  mind  and 
body  have  been  strongly  developed  and  are  in  harmony 
with  these  other  indications  as  evidenced  by  the  fact  that 
the  fineness  of  skin  has  taken  on  a  virile  appearance,  a 
solidness  and  smoothness  of  quality  in  spite  of  being 
weathered;  that  the  eye  has  become  deeper-seated  and 
clearer;  that  the  ear  and  particularly  the  nose  cartilages 
(including  the  nostril,  tip  and  ridge  lines)  have  become 
sharpened  by  the  action  of  the  mind  in  tensing  the  face 
structures  throughout,  and  through  the  action  of  the  body 
by  following  the  dictates  of  the  mind;  or  whether  they 
have  become  coarser  as  a  result  of  physiological  conditions 


1 6  Character  Revelations 

brought  about  by  bodily  excess.  Then  observe  tne  reac- 
tions which  the  mind  and  body  have  caused  to  take  place 
in  the  forehead,  brow,  eyes  and  mouth,  as  outlined  in 
chapter  entitled  "Principles  of  Facial  Expression"  in 
exercising  this  judgment  of  values. 

By  weighing  the  relative  importance  of  all  of  these 
factors,  a  correct  estimate  of  the  quality  of  the  subject 
may  be  determined. 

Quality  is  not  indicated  by  the  extreme  of  any  charac- 
teristic, but  by  a  nice  balance,  good  inherent  texture  well 
and  evenly  developed  in  a  man  of  highly  matured  brain 
power  and  bodily  force,  each  working  in  harmony  with 
the  other. 

The  degree  of  quality  is  one  of  the  first  and  most  im- 
portant points  to  decide  in  judging  character,  for  as  all 
character  qualities  can  only  be  judged  in  relative  degree, 
this  decision  will  tinge  all  other  decisions  made  in  respect 
to  the  subject. 

Where  crudity  of  natural  form  is  found  in  the  face, 
the  developments  must  receive  first  consideration  in  judg- 
ing the  quality  of  a  subject. 

Therefore,  to  sum  up  the  elements  that  enter  into  a 
correct  judgment  of  quality,  they  are  as  follows : 

First:  The  degree  of  development  or  lack  of  it  that 
time  has  worked  throughout  the  face. 

Secondly :  The  inherent  fineness  or  coarseness  of  the 
entire  make-up  of  the  subject  as  evidenced  by  the  natural 
structures  of  the  head,  face,  hair,  muscles  and  body. 


Heredity  Versus  Environment  17 

Thirdly :  The  degree  of  natural  balance  that  is  found 
between  the  mental  and  physical  forces  and  the  stage  to 
which  both  of  these  have  been  developed,  which  will  in- 
clude the  degree  of  activity  or  sluggishness  of  the  brain 
and  nerve  sensibilities. 


CHAPTER  III 

THE   PRINCIPLES   OF   FACIAL   EXPRESSION 

The  mind  and  body  of  all  of  us  act  and  react  in  the 
same  manner  where  the  same  causes  are  brought  to  bear, 
and  the  difference  in  reaction  is  only  a  matter  of  degree 
which  is  regulated  by  the  fineness  or  lack  of  fineness  of 
the  whole  nervous  system  (including  the  brain),  the 
muscle  structure,  and  the  activity  of  the  secretory  sys- 
tem. Just  as  the  muscle  structure  of  the  body  may  be 
developed,  the  weak  made  strong,  the  slow  in  action  made 
to  move  quicker,  so  by  development  may  each  of  these 
regulating  factors  be  made  a  more  or  less  potent  factor 
in  the  actions  and  reactions  of  each  one  of  us. 

And  just  as  the  large  muscles  of  the  body  become  more 
ready  to  tense  and  relax  by  development  and  use,  so  do 
the  muscles  of  the  face,  by  use  and  development,  increase 
their  power  to  express  what  is  within.  The  more  devel- 
oped and  therefore  the  more  sensitive  is  the  whole  nervous 
organism  of  the  subject,  the  more  complete  will  be  the 
power  of  expression  as  shown  by  the  muscles  of  the  face. 

Just  as  the  mind  and  body  act  and  react  in  the  same 
manner  to  the  same  causes,  so  does  the  face  of  each  of 

18 


The  Principles  of  Facial  Expression  19 

us  plainly  indicate  the  degree  of  possible  reaction  to  these 
causes,  and,  where  the  same  cause  is  brought  to  bear  with 
frequency,  the  face  faithfully  records  the  effect,  whether 
the  cause  is  psychological  or  physiological. 

Just  as  the  muscles  of  the  body  are  tensed  in  all  parts 
of  the  body  in  unison  with  the  nerve  force,  where  it  is 
desired  to  center  all  the  energies  ready  for  action,  so  are 
the  muscles  of  the  face  and  head  made  tense  where  it  is 
desired  to  center  the  perceptive  forces  in  concentration 
and  mental  effort.  If  you  relax  the  muscles  of  the  face 
and  head  it  is  found  that  the  mind  becomes  relaxed  and 
mental  effort  is  lessened. 

The  face,  with  its  fine  and  complicated  muscle  struc- 
ture, the  fact  that  all  the  organs  of  sense  are  located  in 
the  face  (except  touch,  which  is  general),  and  the  fact 
of  its  closeness  to  the  nerve  and  thinking  center,  the  brain, 
— all  these  things  make  it  peculiarly  well-adapted  to 
tell  the  story  of  the  whole  body;  or  in  other  words,  the 
condition  of  the  face  is  a  sure  indication  of  the  condition 
of  the  body. 

In  working  out  the  laws  of  expression  the  two  great 
forces  within  us  are  brought  to  bear  in  molding  the  face, 
and  each  has  its  particular  portion  of  the  face  in  which 
to  record  the  effect  of  its  processes. 

The  upper  part  of  the  head  and  face,  containing  the 
brain  and  the  educational  senses  of  sight  and  hearing,  is 
best  suited  to  the  expression  of  the  mind  force.  The 
lower  face,  in  which  we  find  the  senses  of  taste  and  smell, 


20  Character  Revelations 

particularly  the  mouth,  which  is  directly  associated  with 
the  centers  that  have  to  do  with  the  bodily  desires,  and 
the  thyroid  gland,  which  is  located  in  the  neck  and  con- 
trols our  emotional  side  and  regulates  our  degree  of 
power  to  live,  are  best  adapted  to  tell  the  story  of  the 
sense  excitability  and  the  activity  of  the  bodily  side. 

Yet  in  looking  for  abnormal  development  of  either 
mind  or  body,  we  find  the  indications  carried  beyond  the 
normal  place  for  record,  and  we  find  that  really  fine  mind- 
training  must  bring  the  physical  forces  into  play  in  execut- 
ing the  mind's  dictates.  This  is  evidenced  in  the  mouth. 
Likewise,  where  the  power  of  mind  is  not  being  exercised, 
and  the  desires  of  the  body  are  allowed  to  control,  these 
indications  of  excess  gradually  creep  into  the  eye  and 
brow. 

In  development  of  expression  there  are  certain  psy- 
chological and  physiological  reactions  which  are  uniform 
in  effect  and  only  differ  in  degree.  These  reactions  on 
the  face  are  compression  and  consequent  expansion,  or 
a  drawing  down  and  widening  of  all  the  features  of  the 
face.  These  may  be  termed  the  positive  effects  upon  the 
face,  arising  from  mind  development  and  the  exercise 
of  control.  The  opposite  or  negative  effects  upon  the 
face  are  repression,  which  is  indicated  by  contraction  of 
the  rim  line  of  a  rather  full  and  emotional  mouth,  and 
which  indicates  that  the  emotions  are  not  finding  proper 
expression;  contraction  or  a  drawing  in  of  all  the  fea- 
tures of  the  face,  including  brow,  nostrils,  and  mouth  and 


The  Principles  of  Facial  Expression  21 

relaxation,  or  a  loosened  or  unformed  condition  of  the 
features,  caused  by  excessive  giving  way  to  the  bodily 
desires. 

Compression  first  becomes  evidenced  in  the  brow. 
With  the  application  of  conscious  thought  the  brow  is 
drawn  down.  Compression  of  the  brows,  nose  and  mouth 
brings  with  it  at  the  same  time  expansion  of  these  fea- 
tures. As  muscle  tension  is  exercised  on  these  features 
with  controlled  force  they  draw  together  from  above  and 
below  and  widen  from  side  to  side. 

This  effect  on  the  brow  of  compression  and  expansion 
is  according  to  the  degree  of  power  brought  to  bear,  and, 
considering  natural  structures,  tends  to  sharpen  the  lines 
of  the  brow  throughout  its  entire  width.  This  effect  is 
produced  particularly  in  the  outer  half,  making  the  outer 
point  well  drawn  down  so  that  it  stands  out.  ( See  chapter 
on  brows  for  more  minute  description.)  This  brow  indi- 
cates the  power  to  analyze  and  to  think  in  the  abstract  as 
well  as  the  concrete.     Plate  IX,  Figure  1. 

Repression  and  contraction  of  the  brow  are  the  results 
of  the  forces  being  turned  inward  instead  of  finding  a 
natural  outlet.  The  eyebrows  are  drawn  downward 
toward  the  nose  on  the  inner  corner  and  thrown  back- 
ward on  the  outer  corner.  When  this  condition  obtains 
it  shows  the  ability  to  reason  and  think  only  about  the 
thing  immediately  before  the  eye.  The  tendency  is  for 
the  subject  to  constantly  think  about  everything  in  its 
effect  on  him  rather  than  the  effect  on  the  other  interested 


22  Character  Revelations 

people,  all  of  which  means  one  that  tends  toward  selfish- 
ness and  is  self -centered.     Plate  X,  Figure  2. 

Relaxation  of  all  the  features  means  that  the  forces 
are  uncontrolled  by  mind,  and  the  extreme  of  relaxation 
is  evidence  that  physical  excess  and  desire  are  dominating 
the  whole  being.  Relaxation  causes  the  brow  to  be 
thrown  backward,  the  eye  and  mouth  to  protrude ;  and  to 
the  degree  that  the  brow  and  other  features  is  either  not 
compressed  or  gives  evidence  of  intentional  relaxation  to 
that  degree  will  the  body  be  in  control.     Plate  XXXVII. 

The  effect  on  the  nose  (which  feature  in  its  develop- 
ment indicates  the  degree  of  activity  of  the  vital  organs) 
of  compression  and  expansion  is  to  make  the  nose  respon- 
sive in  its  appearance.  It  will  look  alive  and  active,  the 
color  will  be  good,  the  nostril  not  dilated  or  expanded  just 
at  the  nostril,  but  with  a  fine  degree  of  expansion  through- 
out its  whole  length,  with  the  rim  lines  sharply  cut  and  the 
point  of  the  nose  drawn  over  and  rounded  by  compres- 
sion.    Plate  XVII,  Figure  2. 

The  action  of  contraction  is  to  make  the  nostril  draw 
in  throughout  its  whole  length,  literally  sinking  in,  mak- 
ing a  hollow  from  the  ridge  of  the  nose  to  where  it  joins 
the  face.  The  rim  line  of  the  nostril  will  be  contracted 
and  the  septum  and  the  flanges  of  the  nose  will  be  very 
close  together,  preventing  proper  deep  breathing.  The 
point  of  the  nose  will  usually  be  sharp  in  appearance,  as 
though  the  cartilages  were  about  to  come  through  the 
other  tissue.    This  type  of  nose  is  usually  small,  and  the 


The  Principles  of  Facial  Expression  23 

subject  usually  weak  in  constitutional  strength  and  de- 
pleted in  blood  condition,  and  although  the  physiological 
conditions  may  naturally  improve,  the  lack  of  self-confi- 
dence, the  desire  to  avoid  mind  and  body  contest  with 
others  because  unfit,  the  self -consciousness  and  super- 
sensitiveness,  are  likely  to  persist  in  outward  expression 
because  this  attitude  is  still  a  part  of  the  subconscious. 
Plate  XIX,  Figure  2. 

The  mouth  is  the  most  sensitive,  and  also  the  more 
finely  muscled  portion  of  the  face.  It  is  the  feature  in 
which  we  find  all  the  mental  and  physical  reactions  and 
their  effects  the  more  strongly  shown.  The  mouth,  be- 
cause so  finely  muscled  and  so  sensitive  in  tissue,  and  so 
directly  associated  with  the  bodily  desires  and  the  emo- 
tionalism which  arises  therefrom,  is  particularly  mobile 
and  expressive. 

The  development  of  mind  will  bring  about  compression, 
a  drawing  down  and  straightening  of  the  upper  lip,  and 
a  lifting  and  rounding  of  the  rim  of  the  lower  lip.  The 
pressure  thus  brought  to  bear  will  cause  expansion  or  a 
widening  of  the  mouth  as  the  lips  are  pressed  together. 
The  muscles  of  the  jaw,  chin  and  mouth  are  drawn  back- 
ward as  they  grip  themselves  in  their  expression  of  firm 
determination  to  accomplish  the  purpose  dictated  by  the 
mind.  The  compressed  and  expanded  mouth  will  have 
full  muscle  structure.  It  will  be  large  rather  than  small, 
and  the  compression  will  draw  the  red  tissue  within,  les- 
sening the  amount  exposed,  and  will  widen  the  mouth 


24  Character  Revelations 

and  give  it  a  firm,  controlled  expression,  as  opposed  to 
one  of  hardness  or  cruelty.  This  mental  attitude  is  a 
gradual  development  from  childhood  on,  and  as  it  grows, 
the  outward  evidence  of  determined,  controlled  action 
becomes  more  and  more  easily  a  thing  that  can  be  read. 
Therefore,  to  the  degree  of  deliberate,  even  compression 
and  expansion  of  the  mouth  lines,  including  the  rim  of 
the  upper  and  lower  lips  and  the  center  line  (the  degree 
of  active  sensitiveness  as  shown  in  the  fiber  and  other 
indications  in  each  subject  considered),  to  that  degree 
will  be  found  mental  activity  and  controlled  bodily  action 
in  fulfillment  of  the  mind's  dictates — the  decisive,  self- 
confident,  self-dependent,  success-getting  man  or  woman. 
Plate  XXII,  Figure  2. 

Repression  is  the  result  of  trying  to  subdue  the  body 
forces,  an  effort  to  crush  entirely  or  else  to  keep  within, 
a  power  whose  inherent  nature  demands  expression. 
Every  human  being  that  is  normal  must  find  an  outlet  for 
the  powers  that  are  in  him,  or  the  force  turned  inward 
will  bring  about  destruction  of  nerve  control.  Therefore, 
instead  of  repressing  every  feeling,  as  is  often  the  advice 
given,  outlet  should  be  found  through  legitimate  channels. 

The  mind  and  body  demand  relaxation,  and  proper  phys- 
ical exercise  will  produce  this  result.  Proper  contest  with 
others  during  exercise  will  develop  a  spontaniety  in  contact 
with  people  that  will  do  away  with  repression,  and  create 
a  desire  to  give  of  ourselves  to  others  for  their  welfare. 

Repression  is  indicated  in  the  mouth  by  the  full  mouth 


The  Principles  of  Facial  Expression  25 

of  naturally  soft,  moist  tissue  being  dry  and  often  cracked, 
and  the  rim  lines  and  corners  being  irregular  and  slightly 
contracted.  The  upper  lip  of  this  mouth  usually  has  a 
slight  upward  turn  at  the  rim,  and  is  always  accompanied 
by  the  full  emotional  eye.  This  mouth  indicates  all  the 
characteristics  that  go  with  repression.  The  subject  will 
be  supersensitive,  often  self-conscious — hypercritical,  irri- 
table, ill-tempered,  nervously  overstrung  and  often 
hysterical.  (See  chapter  on  Nerve  Tension.)  Plate 
XXV,  Figure  1. 

Contraction  means  the  drawing  of  the  outer  corner  of 
the  mouth  toward  the  center.  It  usually  occurs  more 
noticeably  in  the  mouth  of  thin  lips  and  in  people  of  weak 
vitality  (which  is  usually  the  cause).  It  is  also  sometimes 
caused  by  past  negative  environment.  This  condition 
may  also  indicate  a  large  degree  of  self-esteem,  without 
physical  strength  to  give  the  aggressiveness  necessary  to 
make  the  self-esteem  an  active  factor  in  progress,  but  in- 
stead it  will  result  in  remaining  an  inward  thing  and  will 
show  itself  in  egotism.  This  results  in  the  subject  draw- 
ing into  himself  on  all  occasions,  for  he  is  afraid  of  him- 
self in  meeting  others,  afraid  of  his  own  judgment.  He 
developes  secretiveness  and  ultraconservatism  instead  of 
caution  and  a  thinking  mind.  It  is  an  indication  of  weak- 
ness, not  of  strength.     Plate  XXV,  Figure  3. 

In  explanation  of  this  statement,  caution  may  be  con- 
sidered as  the  mental  quality  which  permits  action  only 
after  deliberate  thought. 


26  Character  Revelations 

Secretiveness  is  the  inherent  tendency  to  keep  all  things 
to  one's  self. 

Conservatism  is  a  bias  of  nature  which  makes  one  do 
everything  and  say  everything  with  a  reservation  of  part 
of  the  whole  action — a  tendency  to  hold  back  on  general 
principles  on  all  occasions,  without  having  arrived  at  any 
reason  for  doing  so. 

Relaxation  is  found  in  the  mouth  not  developed,  and 
in  the  mouth  of  physical  excess  and  dissipation.  The 
former  is  natural  with  children  and  many  women,  the 
latter  mostly  in  men.  In  the  former  it  gives  the  effect  of 
sweetness,  but  is  lacking  in  strength;  in  the  latter  the 
mouth  appears  as  formless.  Neither  condition  is  indica- 
tive of  strength  of  character,  and  to  the  degree  that  the 
mouth  is  shapeless,  loose  or  hard  in  appearance,  without 
compression  and  expansion,  to  that  degree  will  the  sub- 
ject be  lacking  in  character  development  and  tried  moral 
worth.    Plate  XXVIII,  Figure  3.   Plate  XXIX,  Figure  2. 

Remember  in  judging  the  subject  that  the  health  of 
the  face  structures,  as  shown  by  the  color,  the  clearness 
of  the  skin,  and  amount  of  blood  in  the  cheeks,  and  the 
firmness  and  elasticity,  or  flabbiness  of  the  muscles  of 
the  face,  indicate  unmistakably  a  similar  body  condition, 
and  the  reaction  will  be  in  accord  with  such  condition. 

It  is  important  in  judging  the  relative  degrees  of  com- 
pression of  the  brow  and  mouth  that  the  type  of  mind 
of  the  subject  must  first  be  properly  gauged.  If  the  sub- 
ject has  the  broad  head  structure,  and  full,  reflective  fore- 


The  Principles  of  Facial  Expression  27 

head,  he  will  have  the  slow-moving  mind,  and  the  brow 
and  mouth  will  not  be  nearly  as  strongly  compressed, 
although  there  may  be  the  possibility  of  a  large  degree  of 
concentration,  determination,  decision  and  control  in  addi- 
tion to  some  degree  of  obstinacy,  but  where  the  head  and 
mouth  are  in  combination  with  the  narrow  head  struc- 
ture, strong  perceptives,  heavy  hair  growth,  and  large 
bone  frame,  indicating  intensity,  the  compression  and 
expansion  will  be  greater,  but  the  qualities,  although  more 
quickly  brought  to  bear,  may  be  no  more  positive  in  ac- 
tion. 

The  difference  in  the  position  of  the  brow  and  lips 
in  such  a  case  does  not  indicate  a  corresponding  difference 
in  these  qualities,  but  simply  a  difference  in  degree  of 
intensity  applied  in  the  process  of  thought  and  action. 

In  judging  of  any  of  the  character  indications  shown 
by  the  mouth,  it  is  so  important  to  remember  the  dis- 
tinction between  intensity  and  emotionalism  that  it  is  here 
repeated,  viz. : 

Emotionalism  arises  from  the  physical  side  and  is  con- 
trary to  conscious  mental  effort,  and  the  more  of  uncon- 
trolled emotion  there  is,  the  less  of  intensity  will  be  found. 
The  more  generated  emotion  there  is  kept  in  control,  the 
deeper  will  be  the  intensity.  Emotion  is  found  with  light 
coloring  and  active  secretory  systems,  with  large  activity 
of  the  thyroid  gland;  and  intensity  is  indicated  by  dark 
coloring,  strong  hair  growth,  fine  muscle  structure,  and 
large  bones,  but  little  flesh. 


28  Character  Revelations 

The  more  that  mind  activity  and  bodily  health  are  found 
in  harmonious  balance  in  the  subject,  the  greater  will  be 
the  reactions  of  compression  and  expansion,  the  agencies 
that  express  positive  action;  and  the  more  we  find  of 
narrowness  in  mental  scope  and  of  constitutional  handi- 
cap, the  more  we  shall  find  of  contraction  and  repression 
working  their  effects  on  the  face  in  negative  charac- 
teristics. 

Where  lack  of  control  or  development  is  found,  we 
shall  find  relaxation  the  more  strongly  evident,  with  its 
negative  work  in  destruction  of  form.  If  the  upper  face 
is  relaxed,  we  shall  find  lack  of  mental  application. 
Where  the  lower  face  is  unformed,  but  the  brow  is  com- 
pressed, we  shall  find  good  mind,  with  strong  body  action, 
but  little  mental  direction  of  the  body  side. 

Remember  in  considering  the  action  of  these  forces 
on  the  whole  face  that  both  men  and  women  have  mascu- 
line as  well  as  feminine  qualities,  and  that  often  men 
have  more  of  feminine  quality  than  masculine,  and  that 
women  sometimes  have  more  of  a  masculine  attitude  in 
the  reactions  of  both  mind  and  body  than  a  feminine 
viewpoint;  and  that  it  is  important  to  weigh  and  de- 
termine the  degree  of  this  bias  before  drawing  a  conclu- 
sion as  to  the  character  and  degree  of  reactions  to  which 
the  subject  has  been  submitted.  (See  chapter,  "Mascu- 
line versus  Feminine.") 

Also  remember  that  women  on  the  average  are  more 
sensitive  in  organism  than  men,  and  therefore  more  finely 


The  Principles  of  Facial  Expression  29 

muscled  and  more  susceptible  to  facial  impression,  but 
that  men  generally  have  to  carry  heavier  loads,  make  more 
important  decisions  and  come  more  in  contact  with  the 
world.  Therefore,  although  women's  faces  are  more 
easily  molded,  men's  faces  have  so  much  more  to  mold 
them  that  they  are  usually  the  more  developed. 

It  should  also  be  remembered  that  the  face  may  indi- 
cate a  difference  in  mental  and  bodily  action.  The  brow 
may  be  compressed  and  expanded,  indicating  breadth  of 
mental  scope,  and  the  nostril  and  mouth  contracted,  show- 
ing ultra  conservatism  in  his  relations  with  people  and  in 
his  actions.  Or  the  brow  may  be  contracted,  indicating 
attention  wholly  to  concrete  things  and  a  habit  of  con- 
sidering self  first  in  everything,  but  the  mouth  may  show 
expansion  indicating  definite,  courageous  action,  or  it  may 
show  relaxation,  evidencing  lack  of  control  and  direction 
of  the  forces. 

In  conclusion  of  this  chapter  it  is  desirous  to  empha- 
size the  importance  of  mastering  these  most  important 
laws  of  expression,  and  to  realize  that  although  only  the 
brow,  nose  and  mouth  have  been  mentioned  as  subject 
to  these  psychological  and  physiological  reactions,  never- 
theless they  may  be  followed  in  their  effects  on  the  eyes, 
cheeks,  chin  and  jaw,  although  in  lesser  degree,  and  there- 
fore not  so  easily  correlated  and  read. 

A  careful  study  of  this  chapter  alone  will  confirm  the 
statement,  that  we  greatly  make  our  own  faces  by  making 
our  own  characters.    The  stronger  the  properly  controlled 


30  Character  Revelations 

forces  in  us,  the  more  the  burden  of  responsibility,  pain 
and  grief  has  been  placed  upon  us  and  cheerfully  carried, 
the  firmer  and  finer  will  become  the  character  and  the 
face.  The  character  cannot  be  built  without  building  the 
face,  nor  the  face  strengthened  and  refined  without  like 
effect  in  constructing  the  character.  The  mind  cannot 
grow  without  the  face  bearing  evidence. 


CHAPTER  IV 

THE  HEAD 

The  question  has  been  discussed  for  centuries  as  to 
whether  it  is  possible  to  tell  by  detailed  measurement  of 
the  head  the  character  of  a  person.  Scientists  differ  as 
to  just  how  much  can  be  done  in  this  field  and  as  to  just 
how  dependable  is  the  information  so  gathered.  It  is 
acknowledged  that  during  the  recent  war,  as  a  result  of 
the  many  brain  operations  performed,  that  much  was 
learned  in  respect  to  what  is  called  localization  of  "broad 
mental  functions,"  and  records  of  this  work  are  being 
prepared  for  the  purpose  of  further  research  along  this 
line. 

Even  should  this  work  prove  the  possibility  of  accu- 
rately analyzing  character  by  the  use  of  measurements,  this 
would  not  in  any  way  assist  the  one  of  whom  it  is  re- 
quired that  he  shall  be  able,  at  once  and  at  a  distance,  to 
correctly  analyze  the  character  of  the  one  before  him. 
Nor  would  it  assist  in  reading  the  present  character  of 
the  subject  thus  to  be  analyzed. 

As  to  whether  the  brain  by  development  of  mind 
changes  only  in  quality  and  not  in  quantity,  is  question- 

31 


32  Character  Revelations 

able.  We  know  by  actual  measurement  that  the  muscles 
of  the  body  by  training,  as  a  result  of  increased  flow  of 
blood,  not  only  change  in  texture  and  quality,  but  also 
increase  in  size,  and  it  is  reasonable  to  suppose  that  use 
and  development  will  have  the  same  effect  on  all  parts  of 
the  body,  including  the  brain. 

Therefore,  for  the  purpose  of  analysis  of  character  by 
observation  alone,  it  is  necessary  to  depend  upon  general 
structures  of  both  head  and  face,  which  to  a  great  extent 
are  the  result  of  mind  and  body  conditions,  rather  than 
upon  any  detailed  measurements,  however  accurate  they 
might  prove  to  be. 

Like  will  always  produce  like,  and  this  law  has  carried 
through  time  without  contradiction.  According  to  this 
law,  balance  and  harmony  of  outward  structure  should 
result  in  an  equal  harmony  of  working  forces  within. 

Upon  this  premise,  which  has  been  tested  in  thousands 
of  cases,  we  base  the  conclusion  that  the  well  formed  head 
and  face,  showing  no  decided  lack  of  harmony  or  crudi- 
ties, is  the  head  and  face  of  the  balanced  man. 

It  is  not  the  purpose  of  this  work  to  cover  any  of  the 
ground  or  repeat  any  of  the  information  contained  in  the 
former  book  of  the  author  on  this  subject,  and  for  a  full 
description  of  a  balanced  head  and  face  and  the  rules 
whereby  to  judge  of  such  balance,  you  are  referred  to 
that  book,1  and  it  is  only  desired  here  to  bring  forward 
for  consideration  some  of  the  reasons  as  to  why  the  con- 

1  Character  Reading  Through  Analysis  of  Features. —  (Putnam.) 


The  Head  33 

elusions  already  formed  and  proven  correct  by  the  author 
are  to  be  relied  upon. 

In  the  other  work  on  this  subject  it  is  stated  that  the 
decidedly  narrow  head  is  indicative  of  narrow  mental 
scope,  and  observation  shows  that  this  narrow  head  is 
often  accompanied  by  lack  of  head  development  at  the 
back,  which  shows  deficient  physical  vigor,  and  this  is 
confirmed  by  the  face  being  thin,  every  feature  cramped 
in  development,  and  contracted,  the  body  apparently 
undernourished,  with  the  blood  in  a  depleted  condition, 
all  the  result  of  poor  digestive,  assimilative  and  elimina- 
tive  functioning. 

These  physiological  conditions  as  evidenced  would  in 
themselves  result  in  all  the  characteristics  attributed  to 
this  type,  viz.,  lack  of  courage,  both  mental  and  physical, 
secretiveness,  ultra-conservatism,  selfishness,  lack  of  self 
confidence  and  with  tendency  toward  self  depreciation, 
and  as  a  result  of  lack  of  mind  and  body  energy  there 
would  be  slowness  of  mental  grasp,  and  indecisiveness. 

Where  the  balanced  head  and  face  is  found,  with  good 
width  of  head  from  ear  to  ear,  with  good  proportionate 
length  of  face,  head  in  profile  a  complete  half  circle  from 
the  brow  to  the  nape  line  of  the  neck,  the  face  in  profile 
divided  into  equal  thirds,  the  forehead  showing  muscle 
development,  the  brow  compressed,  the  eye  deep-set, 
bright  and  clear,  the  nose  active  and  well  developed,  the 
mouth  well  formed,  the  chin  drawn  up,  the  skin  clear  and 
of  good  color,  the  muscle  structure  indicating  elasticity, — 


34  Character  Revelations 

this  evidence  is  for  balance  of  qualities,  good  planning 
ability,  good  judgment,  plenty  of  energy  and  action,  with 
reasonable  caution,  but  quick  decision.  Such  a  combina- 
tion of  indications  plainly  bespeaks  good  active  mind, 
good  heart  and  lung  action,  good  digestive,  assimilative 
and  eliminative  functions,  with  the  secretory  systems  well 
in  harmony.  This  bodily  condition  in  combination  with  a 
well  balanced  brain  and  nervous  system,  is  certain  to  re- 
sult in  the  man  of  real  abilities,  with  the  mind  activities 
well  in  harmony  with  the  sense  appreciations.  Plate  II, 
Figure  2. 

Where  the  head  is  wide  from  ear  to  ear,  the  neck  is 
full  in  the  back,  the  forehead  is  low,  the  face  is  round, 
the  brow  undeveloped,  the  eye  prominent,  the  nose  coarse 
in  structure,  the  mouth  unformed,  the  chin  and  body 
fleshy,  it  is  certain  here  will  be  found  the  sensuous  type, 
with  the  sense  messages  to  the  brain  centers  retarded,  and 
the  paramount  purpose  of  such  a  subject  will  probably  be 
the  gratification  of  the  bodily  desires.    Plate  II,  Figure  3. 

The  brain  tissues  will  undoubtedly  be  encumbered  with 
flesh  much  as  are  those  of  the  body,  the  face  and  the  vital 
organs,  and  consequently  the  mind  will  be  as  ponderous 
in  action  as  the  body.  This  subject  will  enjoy  a  play 
upon  the  senses,  be  slow  and  over-deliberate  in  thought, 
depend  more  upon  "hunch"  than  upon  cold  analysis,  and 
thus  avoid  hard  concentration  and  mental  effort.  He  will 
be  better  at  planning  things  than  at  doing  them.  The 
emotional  side  will  be  in  control. 


The  Head  35 

This  condition  is  caused  by  over  active  secretory  sys- 
tem, including  the  lymphatic  system,  the  thyroid  and 
other  glands,  with  too  active  a  heart  and  not  enough  of 
lung  power  to  supply  necessary  energy.  It  means  a  lack 
of  balance  of  the  functioning  of  the  vital  organs  of  the 
body,  and  a  corresponding  lack  of  balance  in  the  character 
make-up  of  the  subject. 

The  over-active  secretory  systems  in  this  type  cause  the 
slowing  down  of  mental  and  bodily  action,  and  therefore 
greater  caution.  This  caution  in  the  trained  mind  of  this 
type  will  result  in  longer  deliberation  and  a  consequently 
deeper  degree  of  analysis  than  in  the  mind  of  more  rapid 
action.  The  last  decision  of  this  subject  is  his  best.  He 
has  what  is  termed  the  judicial  mind. 

It  is  interesting  to  note  that  the  head  and  face  struc- 
ture in  the  lower  races  gives  strong  evidence  of  their 
rudimentary  development.  There  will  be  no  upper  fore- 
head evident  in  these  lower  races ;  the  muscular  develop- 
ment of  the  forehead  is  entirely  absent,  and  the  skin  is 
stretched  tightly  over  a  crude,  bony  structure;  the  nose 
is  barely  more  than  two  round  holes  in  the  face ;  the  mouth 
will  be  formless  and  apparently  without  the  muscle  de- 
velopment to  control  its  looseness,  and  the  chin  will  be 
almost  entirely  lacking.  Although  the  nose,  mouth  and 
chin  are  so  individually  lacking  in  their  prominence, 
nevertheless  the  whole  profile  will  slant  from  the  fore- 
head, placing  the  lower  face  from  a  half  inch  to  even  two 
inches   further   advanced  than   the   brow   above.     This 


36  Character  Revelations 

formation  as  described  compares  well  with  mat  of  ani- 
mals more  closely  resembling  the  human  race  in  form. 
Where  this  structure  is  found  in  the  human  race  (it  is 
found  in  a  mild  form  in  some  white  people),  it  is  an  indi- 
cation of  animal  tendency  as  distinguished  from  sensu- 
ality. Where  this  structure  exists  it  will  also  be  found 
that  there  is  but  little  sensibility  or  activity  from  the 
nerve  side.  Irritability  and  other  indications  of  nerve 
excitability  will  be  absent. 


CHAPTER  V 

THE  FOREHEAD  AND  BROWS 

The  forehead  and  brow  have  always  been  remarked 
upon  where  degree  of  mental  power  has  been  under  con- 
sideration, not  only  by  physiognomists,  but  by  authors, 
when  building  word  descriptions  of  characters  in  litera- 
ture. 

The  greatest  factor  in  man's  success  is  a  trained  mind 
that  can  be  depended  upon  to  function  with  correctness  in 
all  its  different  departments,  and  under  all  conditions. 

The  eye  is  the  indicator  of  one's  mental  quality,  and  to 
a  degree  it  shows  the  power  of  and  manner  in  which  the 
mind  functions,  but  the  breadth  and  scope  of  the  men- 
tality and  the  way  in  which  it  has  been  trained  can  only 
be  judged  from  the  forehead  and  brow. 

In  the  chapter  on  "Head"  the  operation  of  the  law  of 
balance  is  fully  discussed,  and  these  same  rules  must  be 
brought  to  bear  in  judging  the  natural  structures  of  the 
forehead  and  brow ;  also  the  chapter  on  the  "Principles  of 
Facial  Expression"  in  their  operation  as  outlined  are 
equally  to  be  considered. 

The  quality,  or  texture  as  it  is  sometimes  termed,  which 

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38  Character  Revelations 

includes  degree  of  nervous  energy  and  fineness  of  muscle 
structure  of  the  subject,  must  be  taken  into  account  in 
making  a  just  estimate  of  the  mind  power  as  evidenced 
by  these  features. 

The  development  of  the  muscle  structure  of  the  fore- 
head and  brow,  their  flexibility  and  responsiveness,  or 
lack  of  these  qualities,  carries  great  weight  in  judging 
the  degree  to  which  the  "Principles  of  Expression"  have 
affected  the  development  of  the  brow ;  for  it  seems  that 
concentration  of  the  mind  produces  greater  activity  of, 
and  flow  of  blood  to,  the  muscles  of  the  forehead,  and 
therefore  a  greater  development  of  them.  Plate  VII, 
Figure  2. 

It  has  been  proved  by  observing  thousands  of  cases 
that  the  extent  of  the  upper  forehead,  other  things  con- 
sidered, is  an  indication  of  the  degree  of  power  to  imagine 
and  reflect.  These  are  inherent  qualities,  and  the  de- 
velopment of  the  muscle  structure  of  the  upper  forehead 
gives  evidence  as  to  whether  these  powers  have  been  con- 
trolled and  developed  into  the  working  forces  of  creative 
thought,  planning  and  reasoning. 

Observation  also  proves,  and  there  is  other  evidence  to 
support  the  conclusion  (a  baby  or  idiot  has  no  lower 
brow),  that  the  degree  of  compression  and  expansion  of 
the  lower  forehead  or  brow  is  evidence  of  the  degree  of 
natural  tendency  toward,  and  developed  power  of,  accu- 
rate judgment  and  decision  in  relation  to  things  that  have 
been  observed.    It  is  also  indicative  of  the  degree  to  which 


The  Forehead  and  Brows  39 

the  processes  of  the  reflective  and  imaginative  part  of  the 
mind  are  directed  by  conscious  mental  effort  or  allowed 
to  run  riot. 

Therefore  it  is  greatly  to  be  desired  that  there  shall 
be  a  well-formed  upper  forehead,  nicely  muscled,  in 
harmony  with  a  definitely  sharp-cut,  well-developed  brow, 
if  proper  balance  of  mind  operation  is  to  be  expected. 

Although  psychologists  seem  to  differ  in  their  opinions 
as  to  whether  there  are  two  minds  (often  entitled  the 
conscious  and  the  subconscious),  and  as  to  whether  the 
subconscious  mind  has  anatomical  representation  or  is  a 
thing  outside  of  ourselves,  it  at  least  seems  certain  that 
different  parts  of  the  mind  have  to  do  with  separate 
mental  processes ;  and  that  as  the  mind  is  trained  and  de- 
veloped these  processes  are  brought  more  closely  into 
working  harmony  one  with  the  other,  each  strengthening 
the  other  and  bringing  one  closer  to  the  balance  of  power 
that  is  so  much  sought. 

All  observations  point  to  the  correctness  of  the  con- 
clusion that  each  is  born  with  the  reflective  and  sub- 
conscious mind,  active  within,  and  that  at  birth  and  for 
some  time  thereafter  the  power  of  directed  thought  is 
wholly  absent.  Each  is  born  with  a  natural  tendency 
either  toward  a  love  of  conscious  mental  effort  or  the 
reverse.  Environment  and  association  in  conjunction 
with  the  natural  tendency  toward  conscious  thinking 
power  will  regulate  the  degree  of  their  development. 

The  reflective  and  subconscious  mind,  in  other  words, 


40  Character  Revelations 

may  remain  just  what  these  names  imply,  purely  aimless 
thinking,  and  an  untidy  storehouse  of  knowledge  until 
the  perceptive  and  conscious  thinking  powers  are  devel- 
oped to  the  point  at  which  they  can  begin  to  take  charge 
and  direct  the  mind  processes.  As  this  correlation  of  these 
powers  proceeds,  logic  is  acquired,  and  the  subconscious 
mind  becomes  less  and  less  a  thing  to  be  marveled  at  and 
more  and  more  a  thing  to  be  depended  upon. 

The  knowledge  in  the  subconscious  mind  consists  of 
things  buried  beneath  more  recently  acquired  knowledge, 
habits  that  have  been  formed  and  knowledge  that  has 
reached  the  mind  as  a  result  of  sense  records  which  were 
too  indefinite  to  be  consciously  recorded. 

The  reflective  or  subconscious  mind  must  be  made  more 
and  more  the  tool  of  the  conscious  and  perceptive  mind, 
until  it  is  possible  to  reach  into  what  is  termed  the  sub- 
conscious mind  at  will  by  exerting  the  force  of  developed 
concentration  of  the  conscious  thinking  powers,  and  take 
therefrom  the  substance  of  the  thought  that  is  passing 
through  the  reflective  mind  and  bring  it  into  the  realm 
of  the  conscious  thinking  mind,  ready  for  decision  and 
expression. 

Therefore,  it  seems  that  the  subconscious  mind  (as  is 
commonly  thought)  does  not  depreciate  or  become  less 
active  by  the  development  of  the  conscious  thinking 
powers,  but  rather  becomes  a  known  and  at  will  usable 
force  as  the  power  of  perceptive  mind  is  made  to  more 
and  more  control  the  mind  processes. 


The  Forehead  and  Brows  41 

Some  have  chosen  to  term  faith  as  the  key  to  the 
storehouse  of  the  subconscious,  but  such  a  one  either  in- 
tentionally or  unknowingly  is  making  excuses  for  his 
mental  indolence  and  lack  of  mind  training.  Proper  per- 
ceptive development  would  enable  him  to  produce  by 
mental  effort,  when  wanted,  the  knowledge  and  the  judg- 
ments that  seem  to  evade  him  when  placing  reliance  on 
the  more  easy  but  not  more  efficient  method. 

Proper  correlation  of  the  reflective  and  perceptive  mind 
is  only  attained  by  definite  training  of  mind  in  this  direc- 
tion, and  therefore  is  not  often  found  in  large  degree. 

That  the  mind  and  the  body  should  have  their  forces 
correlated  so  that  they  may  work  in  harmony  one  with  the 
other  is  equally  important.  The  body  must  be  trained  to 
act  quickly  and  accurately  in  motion  in  obedience  to  the 
dictates  of  the  mind,  but  the  body  must  do  more  than 
this  if  properly  developed.  Where  the  mind  is  brought 
to  bear  in  deep  concentration  in  either  thinking  out  a 
problem  or  expressing  it,  not  only  the  brain  or  nerve 
centers,  but  every  nerve  in  the  body,  should  tingle  in  re- 
sponse to  the  exercise  of  the  controlled  and  vibrating 
energy  within.  It  is  only  where  such  correlation  is  at- 
tained that  there  will  be  found  a  highly  trained,  direct  and 
powerful  mind  with  a  magnetic  and  forceful  personality. 

Those  of  rudimentary  structure  appear  to  be  incapable 
of  attaining  this  higher  development  of  the  nervous  sys- 
tem as  they  lack  in  inherent  sensitiveness  and  fineness  of 
brain  and  nerve  organism. 


42  Character  Revelations 

As  a  result  of  observation  (and  the  conclusion  has  been 
confirmed  by  those  observed)  it  seems  that  a  well-balanced 
high  upper  forehead,  well  curved  and  nicely  proportioned 
in  width  in  this  region,  is  indicative  of  a  fine  imagination 
and  good  powers  of  reflection.  These  qualities,  when 
properly  directed,  give  ability  to  reason  from  cause  to 
effect,  good  creative  and  planning  ability,  good  compara- 
tive powers  to  work  in  harmony  with  the  power  of 
analysis  indicated  in  the  lower  brow,  and  if  the  forehead 
is  broad  in  the  upper  region,  with  prominent  curved  sur- 
faces near  the  outer  edge,  there  will  be  well-developed 
power  of  reasoning  in  the  abstract,  which  will  be  con- 
firmed by  fine  sharp-cut  brows  at  the  outmost  corners. 
This  last  named  quality  is  infrequently  developed,  as  so 
few  ever  train  their  minds  to  the  point  at  which  they  are 
masters  of  this  type  of  reasoning. 

Where  the  upper  forehead  is  narrow  in  structure,  the 
reflective  mind  will  likewise  be  cramped  in  its  operation, 
and  its  processes  will  be  confined  wholly  to  reasoning 
along  beaten  paths  and  about  the  concrete  thing  that  is 
immediately  before  the  eyes.  This  mind  will  tend  to  be 
intensely  practical  in  its  conclusions  and  fond  of  de- 
tails, which  often  will  result  in  great  conservatism,  with 
a  tendency  toward  being  self-centered.  Plate  VII, 
Figure  4. 

Where  there  is  practically  no  upper  forehead,  and  it 
is  what  is  termed  a  "low  brow,"  the  subject  will  be  materi- 
alistic, will  have  no  ability  to  plan,  but  will  expend  great 


The  Forehead  and  Brows  43 

energy  without  the  proper  direction  necessary  to  obtain 
results.    Plate  V,  Figure  1 . 

In  the  development  of  the  lower  forehead  or  brow 
compression,  expansion  and  relaxation,  as  outlined  in 
chapter  on  the  "Principles  of  Facial  Expression,"  are 
brought  more  into  play  as  molding  influences,  and  there  are 
four  distinct  degrees  of  either  compression  or  relaxation 
which  it  will  be  interesting  to  compare. 

In  making  these  comparisons  the  natural  structures 
of  the  brow  must  be  accurately  judged  and  constantly 
borne  in  mind,  so  that  the  subject  with  a  naturally  promi- 
nent eye,  but  which  has  developed  against  type  and  forced 
the  eye  back  into  the  head,  may  get  full  credit  for  the 
developed  condition. 

Here,  just  as  in  the  upper  forehead,  the  structure 
should  be  broad  and  at  the  same  time  full.  In  other 
words,  the  outer  corner  and  center  of  the  brow  should 
be  actually  or  nearly  in  the  same  plane,  which  gives  a 
rather  sharp  and  square  effect.  The  outer  corner  of  the 
brow  should  be  well  filled  by  surrounding  development, 
and  when  associated  with  the  deep-set  eye,  the  brow 
should  definitely  overhang  the  eye. 

When  this  type  of  brow  is  drawn  down  close  over  the 
deep-seated  eye,  it  is  even  in  its  compression  throughout 
its  whole  width,  and  is  found  in  the  subject  of  high  qual- 
ity and  fine  nervous  energy,  it  is  what  may  be  called  the 
first  degree  of  compression.  It  indicates  the  mind  of 
scientific  research,  fine  power  of  observation,  concentra- 


44  Character  Revelations 

tion,  analysis,  attention,  penetration  of  eye,  with  ability 
to  visualize  in  detail  the  things  seen,  in  combination  with 
plenty  of  bodily  energy. 

Particularly  does  the  development  of  the  outer  corner 
of  such  a  brow  indicate  justice  of  thought  in  his  rela- 
tionships with  others,  orderliness  in  the  placing  of 
material  things,  and  logic  of  mind.  This  quality  is  the 
one  brought  into  operation  in  deciding  action  on  moral 
questions.    Plate  V,  Figure  2. 

In  gauging  the  degree  of  judgment  as  to  the  moral 
code,  it  is  particularly  necessary  to  take  into  account  the 
general  quality  of  the  subject,  for  if  the  quality  is  very 
coarse,  even  when  there  is  good  outer  brow  development, 
it  can  hardly  be  expected  that  there  will  be  anything  but 
a  rather  crude  moral  standard;  whereas  where  the  sub- 
ject is  of  high  type,  even  though  the  brow  is  not  drawn 
down  on  the  outer  corner,  as  it  should  be,  ordinarily,  only 
minor  breaches  of  good  morals  may  be  expected. 

Morals  are  abstract  things.  Therefore  it  is  necessary 
that  there  be  good  reflective  power  to  reason  out  the 
justice  of  a  particular  action,  but  it  is  the  perceptive 
region  that  must  be  relied  upon  for  a  correct  premise 
from  which  to  reason,  and  for  action  after  a  conclusion 
has  been  reached. 

For  evidence  of  directed  thought  it  is  well  to  analyze 
for  contrast  those  that  are  known  to  lack  this  quality. 
We  therefore  turn  to  the  young  child,  who  has  no  percep- 
tive development  evident  in  the  outer  corner  of  the  brow, 


The  Forehead  and  Brows  45 

and  the  ability  to  judge  of  moral  questions  comes  to  him 
as  result  of  development  through  training,  indicated  as 
the  lower  and  outer  brow  is  built  in.  Note  as  additional 
proof  of  this  fact  that  neither  idiots  nor  animals  have 
any  extension  of  the  brow  on  the  outer  corners,  but  both 
usually  have  their  brows  either  entirely  lacking  or  thrown 
backward  in  this  region.  It  is  also  usually  found  that 
both  the  idiot  and  most  animals  have  some  development  in 
the  middle  of  the  lower  forehead,  and  the  brow  in  this  re- 
gion is  drawn  inward  and  down  toward  the  root  of  the 
nose.  Outer  development  means  a  just  premise  in  relation 
to  moral  code,  which  idiots  and  animals  lack.  Inner  brow 
development  means  power  of  observation  and  properly 
guided  bodily  movement. 

Idiots  and  animals  also  lack  directed  reflective  power — 
the  other  faculty  which  must  be  brought  to  bear  in  regu- 
lating the  relationships  of  people  in  their  dealings  with 
each  other  and  their  property  rights.  A  sufficiently  vivid 
realization  of  the  results  of  an  act  will  often  prevent  its 
performance. 

The  first  degree  of  compression  (the  scientific  mind) 
which  has  been  outlined  represents  the  highest  degree  of 
development  of  the  reflective  in  harmony  with  the  per- 
ceptive mind,  and  is  only  possible  in  one  of  highly 
perfected  nervous  organism.    Plate  V,  Figure  2. 

The  second  degree  of  compression  (the  mechanical 
mind)  is  more  the  result  of  quality  conditions  than  degree. 
The  brow  is  narrower,  not  so  compressed,  more  bony  and 


46  Character  Revelations 

less  muscular,  and  the  structures  of  the  upper  forehead 
are  not  as  full  as  in  the  scientific  mind.  This  brow  indi- 
cates the  mechanical  and  mathematical  mind  as  compared 
with  the  scientific,  and  the  artisan  as  compared  with  the 
purely  hand  worker.  Such  a  mind  is  much  more  limited 
in  its  scope  of  operation.  Plate  XXXVI.  Where  this  last 
brow  is  even  less  compressed,  with  the  brow  less  drawn 
down,  more  bony  and  no  muscle  development  between  the 
brows,  with  even  less  of  general  quality  in  the  subject, 
there  will  be  found  the  one  that  prefers  to  work  with  the 
hands  rather  than  the  head.  The  heavy  bony  brow  in  this 
case  merely  indicates  accurate  judgment  in  physical  action. 
This  type  usually  is  of  the  lower  class  of  a  dark,  energetic 
race  which  works  on  railroads,  etc.,  as  laborers.  Plate 
VII,  Figure  3. 

The  third  degree  of  compression  (the  artistic  mind) 
is  always  found  with  the  prominent  eye,  broad  head,  high 
forehead  and  active  secretory  system  of  the  emotional 
type  that  loves  art,  music  and  a  play  on  the  senses.  Such 
people  are  more  ready  in  emotional  response,  although 
they  have  the  minds  that  are  slowest  in  conscious  thought, 
and  because  of  their  passivity  are  readily  impressed  by  the 
minds  of  others.  The  perceptive  mind,  on  the  other  hand, 
is  too  consciously  active  within  itself  to  be  readily  open  to 
impression  by  the  minds  of  others.  The  artistic  subject  is 
usually  of  good  quality,  and  prefers  to  live  in  the  subcon- 
scious. He  has  a  tendency  toward  mental  and  physical 
indolence,  thus  particularly  dislikes  conscious  mental  effort. 


The  Forehead  and  Brows  47 

Where  the  compression  of  the  brow  is  somewhat  less 
than  in  the  purely  artistic  type,  but  the  other  conditions 
are  the  same,  the  art  will  express  itself  without  detail  and 
in  a  less  definite  form.  The  portrait  artist  is  more  a  lover 
of  detail,  and  is  often  inclined  to  be  mechanical  in  his 
work,  and  his  brow  will  be  more  compressed  than  the 
purely  artistic  type.    Plate  X,  Figure  4. 

The  fourth  degree,  in  position  of  tlie  eyebrows  (the 
credulous  mind),  is  one  of  relaxation,  with  the  brows 
thrown  upward  and  backward,  and  indicates  the  negative 
thinking,  credulous,  indolent  mind,  no  matter  what  the 
other  structures  may  be.  If  the  other  structures  are  bad 
it  will  indicate  the  shiftless  one  of  unthinking  mind.  Plate 
IX,  Figure  4. 

The  compressed  brow,  just  as  the  deep-seated  eye, 
indicates  the  mind  that  will  gather  the  substance  of  a 
thing,  whereas  the  uncompressed  brow  and  prominent  eye 
get  the  form  only.  The  former  has  the  acquired  knowl- 
edge ready  for  use,  but  the  latter  must  call  back  the  in- 
formation for  analysis  and  further  consideration  before 
making  application  of  it.  It  would  seem  in  teaching 
students  that  special  attention  should  be  given  to  the  de- 
velopment of  a  reflective  mind  in  those  that  are  nearly 
wholly  perceptive,  and  every  effort  should  be  made  to 
build  in  the  power  of  analysis  and  concentration  where  the 
reflective  side  is  plainly  dominant.  Plate  V,  Figures  1 
and  3. 

The  brow  that  is  more  strongly  contracted  and  drawn 


48  Character  Revelations 

down  in  the  middle  rather  than  on  the  other  corners,  in 
some  cases  very  noticeably  in  this  form,  indicates  the  one 
that  is  inclined  to  be  materialistic,  selfish  and  self -centered. 
The  effect  is  produced  by  looking  and  thinking  wholly  of 
the  thing  immediately  before  the  eyes.  Plate  X  (ex- 
treme), Figure  2. 

Where  the  brows  are  thrown  back  at  the  outer  corners 
it  indicates  the  lack  of  ability  to  reason  in  the  abstract, 
and  therefore  limited  moral  perceptions.  Plate  LV, 
Figure  2. 

Where  the  brow  is  contracted  more  over  the  inner 
corner,  with  a  deep-set  and  narrowed  eye,  but  the  upper 
eyelid  has  not  developed  the  droop  of  mental  concentra- 
tion, there  will  be  found  decisiveness  of  physical  action. 
Where  this  is  discovered  it  will  also  be  noted  that  the 
lower  lip  is  drawn  forward  and  upward,  the  mouth  other- 
wise loose,  indicating  the  exercise  of  brute  force  without 
consideration  in  physical  contact  with  others.  This  brow 
and  mouth  will  always  be  found  in  combination  with  each 
other  among  football  and  baseball  players,  and  those  who 
devote  much  of  their  time  to  physical  combat. 

The  brows  but  little  compressed,  but  the  rim  line  of  the 
upper  eyelid  drooping  over  the  eyeball  about  one-third, 
held  there  firmly  with  the  droop  of  mental  concentration, 
when  confirmed  by  only  a  mild  compression  of  the  lips, 
indicates  the  power  of  concentration,  but  a  lack  of  suffi- 
cient concentrated  body  force  to  result  in  physical  action. 

Where  the  brows  by  their  heavy  muscle  structure  in- 


The  Forehead  and  Brows  49 

dicate  they  are  naturally  inclined  to  be  strongly  com- 
pressed, but  they  are  thrown  backward,  causing  heavy 
wrinkles  on  the  forehead,  this  is  the  indication  that  the 
mind  and  body  are  indecisive  in  action,  and  that  the 
subject  is  accustomed  to  serve  others  rather  than  to  de- 
pend on  self -direction.  This  condition  of  forehead  is 
often  found  where  nervous  prostration  or  dissipation 
has  caused  a  constant  relaxing  of  a  well-trained  percep- 
tive brow. 

The  brow  that  runs  at  right  angles  to  the  nose,  except 
on  the  extreme  inner  corner,  where  it  turns  upward,  is 
a  position  assumed  as  a  result  of  feeling  supercilious, 
cynical,  skeptical  and  critical,  but  not  analytical. 

Where  the  brow  slants  backward  from  the  center,  the 
outer  half  farther  back  than  the  inner  half,  it  indicates  a 
lack  of  justice  of  thought  and  a  tendency  toward  resent- 
ments and  petty  jealousies.    Plate  LV,  Figure  5. 

The  same  is  true  where  the  outer  corner  of  the  brow, 
although  as  far  forward  as  the  inner  corner,  is  thrown 
back,  and  also  indicates  a  lack  of,  orderliness  in  placing 
material  things  or,  ability  to  take  correct  premises  from 
which  to  reason.    Plate  IX,  Figure  5. 

Where  a  good  mind  becomes  unbalanced  and  insanity 
results,  the  brow  as  well  as  the  eye  will  develop  a  large 
amount  of  nervous  movement,  and  will  constantly  draw, 
then  relax  in  the  center,  with  a  decided  and  increasing 
degree  of  relaxation  on  the  outer  corner  of  the  brow. 
This  indicates  the  lost  ability  to  concentrate  the  mind  or 


50  Character  Revelations 

to  further  reason  in  the  abstract,  with  a  complete  collapse 
of  moral  judgment. 

Worry  will  contract  the  inner  corners  of  the  brow, 
causing  a  lot  of  small  wrinkles  between  the  brows,  and 
relax  the  outer  corners. 

As  the  eyebrow  is  such  a  good  indicator  of  the  degree 
of  body  hair  growth,  it  is  well  to  here  call  attention  to  the 
characteristics  that  are  evidenced  by  hair. 

Heavy  body  hair  growth  indicates  a  large  degree  of  in- 
tensity, vitality,  constitutional  strength,  and  tenacity  to 
life,  with  a  virile,  magnetic  nature.  Authorities  hold 
that  the  amount  of  body  hair  growth  is  in  direct  rela- 
tion to  the  activity  of  the  thyroid  and  reproductive  glands 
that  have  to  do  with  the  life  side  of  Nature.  This  explains 
the  relationship  of  hair  growth  to  character. 

There  is  no  part  of  the  face  that  lends  itself  more 
readily  to  experiment  from  the  standpoint  of  expression 
than  the  brow,  and  the  causes  and  the  results  suggested 
in  this  chapter  can  easily  be  confirmed  by  any  thinking 
person. 

In  the  study  of  this  feature,  as  in  the  study  of  all  others, 
the  great  thing  is  to  be  honest  with  one's  self  in  his 
analysis;  so  few  can  really  analyze  accurately  their  own 
sensations.  The  subject  matter  of  this  chapter  may  all 
be  proved  by  psychological  test  and  experiments  in  the 
laboratory. 


CHAPTER  VI 

NATURAL  AND  DEVELOPED  EYE  STRUCTURES 

The  eye  has  often  been  likened  to  a  camera;  the  pupil 
corresponds  to  the  diaphragm  of  the  camera;  the  lens  of 
a  camera  to  the  lens  of  the  eye,  the  film  in  a  camera  to 
the  retina  of  the  eye.  The  lens  of  a  camera  is  moved 
forward  and  backward  to  bring  about  a  correct  focus; 
the  closer  the  object  which  is  to  be  photographed  is  to  the 
one  taking  the  picture,  the  further  the  lens  is  projected 
outward;  the  further  away  the  object  is,  the  further 
back  the  lens  is  drawn.  The  same  result  is  accomplished 
by  the  lens  of  the  eye  accommodating  itself  to  near  objects 
and  those  in  the  distance  by  changing  the  degree  of  con- 
vexity of  the  lens. 

The  commonly  accepted  theory  of  the  muscular  action 
of  the  eye  is  as  follows : 

"When  the  eye  is  at  rest,  or  fixed  upon  distant  objects 
the  suspensory  ligament  exerts  a  tension  upon  the  lens 
which  keeps  it  flattened. 

"When  the  eye  becomes  fixed  on  near  objects,  as  in 
reading,  sewing,  etc.,  the  ciliary  muscle  contracts  and 
draws  forward  the  choroid  coat,  which  in  turn  releases 

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52  Character  Revelations 

the  tension  of  the  suspensory  ligament  upon  the  lens  and 
allows  the  anterior  surface  to  become  more  convex.  The 
accommodation  for  near  objects  is  an  active  condition  and 
is  always  more  or  less  fatiguing.  On  the  contrary,  the  ac- 
commodation for  distant  objects  is  a  passive  condition."  l 

In  other  words,  where  the  eye  is  normal  and  relaxed 
it  is  gazing  into  distance,  and  not  noting  objects  at 
close  range  or  in  detail.  The  alert  active  eye  is  seldom 
at  rest  except  during  sleep  or  when  the  emotions  are  in 
control.  In  the  latter  case  the  eye  muscles  are  always 
being  exercised  and  developed  as  a  result  of  a  constantly 
varying  degree  of  contraction ;  and  as  the  eye  training  is 
a  mental  process  the  mind  is  also  being  developed. 

Where  the  eye  is  farsighted  (hypermetropic)  it  is  neces- 
sary that  the  muscles  of  the  eye  be  kept  even  more  con- 
stantly at  work  in  contracting  the  muscles  of  the  eye  so 
as  to  produce  sufficient  convexity  of  the  lens  that  objects 
may  be  seen  with  sharp  lines  and  an  accurate  focus 
attained.    Plate  XI,  Figure  i. 

Where  the  eye  is  nearsighted  (myopic)  the  lens  is  in 
its  normal  form  too  convex,  and  according  to  authorities 
it  does  not  appear  that  there  are  muscles  that  can  be 
brought  to  bear  that  will  further  flatten  the  lens  (al- 
though an  effort  to  do  so  seems  to  cause  contraction  of 
the  muscles  outside  the  eye  which  often  results  in  squint- 
ing) so  that  the  object  may  be  brought  to  a  proper  focus. 
Therefore  to  bring  about  accommodation  in  this  case  it  is 

1  Anatomy  and   Physiology  For  Nurse. — Kimber  &  Gray. 


Natural  and  Developed  Eye  Structures        53 

necessary  to  bring  the  object  itself  closer  to  the  eye,  which 
also  helps  to  limit  the  light  rays  entering  the  eye,  both  of 
which  effects  result  in  more  clear  vision  of  the  object. 
Plate  XIII,  Figure  3. 

As  there  are  only  few  objects  that  may  be  brought 
close  for  inspection,  the  nearsighted  eye  receives  but 
limited  training  in  observation,  and  the  perception  so  de- 
pendent upon  the  eye  is  likewise  handicapped  in  its 
development. 

Observation  is  the  result  of  conscious  mental  applica- 
tion, and  as  the  exercise  of  emotion  is  contrary  to  such 
application,  the  emotional  eye  is  the  relaxed  eye  looking 
into  space  without  making  a  record  of  the  things  which 
pass  before  it. 

The  expression  "blind"  with  anger  or  emotion  has 
arisen  from  this  result,  for  extreme  emotion  causes  re- 
laxation of  both  the  muscles  which  enable  the  lens  to 
bring  about  a  correct  focus  upon  the  object  and  the 
muscles  of  the  pupil  of  the  eye  which  regulate  the  admit- 
tance of  light  to  the  eye. 

It  is  easy  to  see  from  these  facts  that  the  deep-seated 
eye  or  f  arsighted  eye  is  the  mentally  trained  eye  supported 
by  good  mind,  whereas  the  prominent  eye  is  the  emotional 
eye  of  one  living  in  dreams,  and  that  the  exercise  of 
mind  in  constantly  contracting  the  eye  muscles  will  make 
the  eye  deeper  seated,  whereas  the  exercise  of  emotion  as 
a  result  of  constant  relaxation  will  result  in  the  eye 
becoming  more  prominent. 


54  Character  Revelations 

The  muscles  of  the  eye  are  very  delicate  and  sensitive. 
When  in  the  farsighted  deep-set  eye  an  indistinct  image 
of  an  object — not  clear  because  out  of  focus — is  re- 
flected on  the  retina,  the  ciliary  muscles  of  the  eye  quickly 
contract  and  release  the  ligaments  that  flatten  the  lens  so 
that  the  lens  becomes  more  convex  and  a  correct  focus 
is  obtained  and  a  definite  image  is  reflected  upon  the 
retina. 

Extremely  accurate,  detailed  observation  can  only  be 
secured  by  contracting  and  tensing  all  the  muscles  of  the 
eye  and  surrounding  structures.  Fineness  of  face  and 
body  muscles  and  sensitiveness  of  nervous  organism  will 
always  indicate  (physical  defects  excepted)  alert  opera- 
tion and  sensitiveness  of  the  eye  in  its  perceptions. 

Accurate  perceptions  are  the  foundation  upon  which 
accurate  thinking  is  based,  and  a  mind  trained  to  accurate 
discrimination  as  to  values  will  demand  of  itself  ac- 
curacy in  all  things,  and  thus  it  is  seen  that  the  deep- 
seated  eye  is  often  the  farsighted  eye  and  always  the 
intellectual  eye,  the  eye  of  conscious  thought,  and  there- 
fore the  eye  that  visualizes  in  detail  has  the  power  of  ac- 
curate observation  and  sustained  concentration. 

Active  and  constant  use  of  the  eye  muscles  by  fre- 
quent contraction  develops  strength  of  these  muscles  and 
a  consequent  alertness  and  vigor.  As  a  result  of  the  lens 
of  the  deep-seated  eye  being  flat,  a  greater  space  exists 
between  the  lens  and  the  cornea  or  outer  covering  of  the 
eyeball,  which  gives  the  eye  of  intellect  a  fine  deep  clear- 


Natural  and  Developed  Eye  Structures        55 

ness  and  transparency  instead  of  the  surface  transparency 
of  the  prominent  or  emotional  eye. 

The  sensitiveness,  vigor  and  healthful  appearance  of  the 
eye  are  greatly  multiplied  by  the  increased  flow  of  blood 
to  the  eye.  Conscious  thought  and  effort  brought  to  bear 
upon  any  particular  part  of  the  body  will  produce  a  similar 
result. 

Again  we  compare  the  eye  to  the  camera  as  an  illus- 
tration that  will  make  clear  the  point  to  be  made. 

The  diaphragm  on  a  camera  corresponds  to  the  pupil 
of  the  eye  and  regulates  the  amount  of  light  which  is 
allowed  to  pass  through  the  lens  and  register  upon  the 
film.  Too  much  light  so  diffuses  the  image  that  no  sharp 
lines  are  found,  and  the  closer  the  diaphragm  is  cut  down 
(the  degree  of  light  considered)  the  sharper  will  be  the 
details  of  the  picture. 

The  pupil  of  the  eye  likewise  contracts  when  bright 
light  is  brought  to  bear  or  when  centering  on  a  near 
object. 

The  deep-seated  almond  shaped  eye  is  also  shielded  by 
the  brow  and  has  the  capacity  to  draw  the  lids  tightly 
over  the  eyeball,  all  working  in  harmony  with  the  contrac- 
tion of  the  heavy  overhanging  brow  in  its  fine  construc- 
tion, to  regulate  the  light  that  penetrates  to  the  retina,  the 
"film"  of  the  eye. 

Heavy  contraction  of  the  brow  draws  the  muscle  struc- 
ture down  and  forces  the  upper  eyelid  to  droop  over  the 
iris  of  the  eye.     At  the  same  time,  by  the  same  compres- 


56  Character  Revelations 

sion,  the  eyeball  is  forced  backward,  which,  as  has  al- 
ready been  seen,  restricts  the  entrance  of  light  and  causes 
a  finer  centering  upon  the  retina  of  the  image  of  the 
thing  observed.  The  increased  concentration  gives  the 
eye  greater  penetration. 

It  is  not  the  eye  upon  whose  lens  many  images  are  re- 
flected that  really  observes,  but  it  is  the  eye  whose  lens  is 
properly  adjusted,  with  light  properly  regulated,  so  that 
there  are  sharp-cut  images — the  eye  that  really  sees  and 
records  a  detailed  mental  picture  which  may  be  recalled  at 
will. 

The  naturally  deep-seated  eye  much  used,  as  a  result 
of  the  constantly  exercised  muscular  effort,  becomes  even 
deeper-seated,  and  the  subject  with  the  naturally  promi- 
nent eye,  by  application  of  conscious  mental  effort  to  in- 
crease the  power  of  eye  perception  and  observation,  will 
gradually  draw  the  eye  backward  and  develop  eye  and 
mind  control.  The  structures  surrounding  the  prominent 
eye  will  undergo  marked  changes  in  accordance  with  this 
development. 

The  eye  of  balanced  color  usually,  other  things  being 
equal,  is  the  better  eye  for  close  general  observation,  as 
the  eye  light  in  color  accepts  too  much  light,  which  causes 
the  image  to  be  indistinct,  if  not  actually  crossed  with 
light  waves.  The  eye  decidedly  dark  in  color  does  not 
accept  enough  light  to  get  the  nicety  of  reflection,  to  give 
the  power  of  observation  that  can  be  attained  with  the 
gray,  very  dark  blue  or  hazel  eye  coloring. 


Natural  and  Developed  Eye  Structures        57 

The  prominent  eye,  from  the  very  fact  of  its  promi- 
nence, lacks  ability  to  regulate  the  entrance  of  light  to  the 
eye,  and  too  much  light  makes  the  reflected  image 
indistinct. 

To  prove  this,  bore  a  hole  in  a  cardboard;  first  look 
with  the  uncovered  eye  at  some  letters  in  the  distance; 
then  place  the  hole  in  the  cardboard  to  the  eye  and  look 
at  the  same  letters,  and  it  will  be  found  that  in  the  latter 
case  the  vision  is  much  sharper  and  clearer. 

The  fact  that  the  lens  of  the  eye  has  bulged  forward 
from  childhood  without  ability  to  draw  the  lens  into  a 
more  flattened  position,  and  thus  secure  an  accurate  image 
of  the  thing  seen,  has  caused  the  mind  to  accept  less  than 
exactness  in  perception. 

The  mind  should  control  the  emotional  side.  Emotion, 
whether  caused  by  pain  or  pleasure,  is  the  result  of  relax- 
ation of  mental  control,  and  the  more  emotional  the  person 
the  more  complete  will  be  the  relaxation  of  all  the  muscles 
of  the  body  when  the  emotions  are  stirred. 

This  tendency  toward  emotional  relaxation  will  be  the 
most  strongly  evidenced  in  the  delicate  eye  structures  and, 
therefore,  natural  position  considered,  the  more  prominent 
the  eye  the  more  active  the  emotional  side  and  the  less  of 
control  of  the  forces  may  be  expected;  and  to  the  degree 
that  the  eye  has  been  drawn  backward,  natural  structure 
considered,  to  that  degree  has  conscious  thought  been  de- 
veloped and  exercised  and  emotion  brought  under  control. 

The  more  that  relaxation  is  allowed  to  take  possession 


58  Character  Revelations 

of  one,  the  more  active  and  uncontrolled  the  emotional  side 
will  be,  and  the  eye  will  become  more  and  more  prominent 
as  a  consequence. 

It  is  well  known  that  any  affection  of  the  thyroid 
gland,  as  in  exophthalmic  goiter,  will  increase  the  promi- 
nence of  the  eye  as  the  affection  increases,  and  it  is  also 
known  that  the  control  of  the  emotional  side  will  de- 
crease in  accordance  with  the  growth  of  the  disease. 

The  more  the  emotional  side  is  allowed  to  control,  the 
more  keen  will  become  those  senses  which  are  cultivated 
by  and  are  dependent  upon  the  emotions,  such  as  appre- 
ciation of  food,  drink,  the  artistic  side  and  music,  and 
likewise  a  more  explosive  temper  and  petulant  irritability 
will  result. 

Tears  are  the  evidence  of  extreme  emotion,  but  there 
are  many  lesser  degrees  of  excitation  of  emotion  and  sym- 
pathy, and  these  lesser  stages  result  in  making  the  eye 
moist  with  a  surface  appearance  of  liquid  transparency 
because  the  lachrymal  glands  are  made  active. 

Where  the  prominent  eye  is  present,  it  is  always  an 
indication  of  a  very  active  thyroid  gland  and  vigorous 
secretory  (including  the  lymphatic)  systems,  which  tends 
to  give  active  sense  appreciations.  It  is  acknowledged 
that  quickened  heart  action  and  protruding  eyeballs  are 
caused  by  affection  of  the  thyroid  gland. 

The  foregoing  discussion  explains  why  dissipation, 
physical  excess  from  the  standpoint  of  sex,  as  well  as  tem- 
per, and  their  resulting  relaxation  of  muscle  control  cause 


Natural  and  Developed  Eye  Structures        59 

the  lens  of  the  eye  to  become  more  convex  and  the  eye 
more  and  more  prominent. 

Constant  excessive  play  upon  the  sensibilities  causes 
a  deadening  of  sense  perception  and  in  the  eye  this  is 
evidenced  by  the  delicate  eye  membrane  losing  its  sensi- 
tiveness. The  eye  loses  its  clearness  of  observation  and 
becomes  dull  and  lifeless  in  its  perceptions,  as  well  as  in 
its  appearance.    Plate  XI,  Figure  2. 

Just  as  training  is  necessary  to  perfect  the  sense  of 
hearing,  tasting,  smelling  and  touch,  that  they  may  give 
accurate  perceptions  of  values  in  their  respective  fields, 
so  it  is  even  more  necessary  to  train  the  eye,  the  most 
important  of  all  the  sense  organs. 

The  character  of  the  thought  of  a  man  when  looking 
at  a  woman  may  easily  be  determined.  If  the  thought  is 
of  a  purely  mental  nature,  the  upper  eyelid  will  be  drawn 
down  over  the  iris  of  the  eye  to  the  extent  that  the  mind 
is  concentrated,  and  there  will  be  no  contracting  or  draw- 
ing up  of  the  lower  eyelid.  If  the  thought  is  of  an  animal 
and  emotional  character,  the  muscle  extending  along 
the  rim  line  of  the  lower  lid  will  tighten  and  become 
rigid. 

Where  the  iris  of  the  eye  in  profile  is  vertical  in  its 
position,  it  shows  a  good  balance  in  the  activity  of  mental 
and  physical  force.  Where  the  upper  half  of  the  iris 
is  advanced  beyond  the  lower  half,  it  indicates  over-mental 
activity. 

When  the  lower  half  of  the  iris  appears  to  advance  be- 


60  Character  Revelations 

yond  the  upper  half,  it  is  evidence  that  the  physical  and 
emotional  side  is  dominating  the  personality. 

These  indications  are  more  easily  estimated  in  the 
naturally  deep-seated  eye  than  in  the  prominent  eye  which, 
as  is  seen,  is  always  the  more  emotional. 

Where  the  rim  line  of  the  lower  eyelid  sinks  away  from 
the  eye  in  a  face  that  is  devoid  of  emotional  expression, 
it  is  an  indication  of  inherent  and  continued  constitutional 
weakness.  In  other  words,  this  condition  of  the  muscles 
of  the  eye  indicates  that  they  are  no  more  elastic  and  firm 
than  are  the  muscles  of  the  body. 

The  development  of  the  muscle  which  extends  the 
full  length  of  and  borders  the  rim  line  of  the  lower  eyelid, 
is  of  particular  interest.  From  the  degree  o-f  development 
of  this  muscle  (the  amount  of  the  subject's  nerve  activity 
considered)  we  may  judge  the  extent  of  his  active  sense 
excitability,  and  the  fineness  of  the  structure  of  this 
muscle  indicates  the  quality  and  the  intensity  of  the  sense 
reactions.    Plate  LV,  Figure  5. 

This  muscle  is  brought  actively  into  use  only  when 
the  mind  is  relaxed  and  the  emotions  are  played  upon. 
Laughter,  pain,  or  any  natural  but  periodical  disturbance 
of  the  emotional  side,  irritability  of  nerve  centers,  sense 
pleasure  either  of  the  mind  or  body,  all  have  the  effect  of 
knotting  this  muscle  and  the  expression  of  any  one  of 
these  emotions  will  increase  its  prominence.  Any  of  these 
causes  constantly  brought  to  bear  will  result  finally  in  a 
permanent  outstanding  of  this  muscle. 


Natural  and  Developed  Eye  Structures       61 

Even  after  this  muscle  has  grown  permanently  promi- 
nent, it  becomes  relatively  even  more  prominent,  taking  on 
a  whitish  look  during,  and  for  some  time  following, 
extreme  play  upon  the  feelings. 

This  muscle  development  occurs  only  where  the  senses 
have  been  excited  frequently  by  some  one  or  many  of  the 
mentioned  causes. 

As  this  development  is  evidence  of  sense  excitability, 
the  truly  coarse  of  structure  can  go  greatly  to  excess  with- 
out this  muscle  becoming  prominent. 

Those  of  fine  nervous  organism  or  those  that  are 
bodily  weak  will  show  the  results  of  such  play  upon  the 
sensibilities  more  quickly  than  those  more  evenly  balanced 
from  the  mental  and  physical  standpoint. 

Where  this  muscle  is  developed  by  giving  way  to  a 
sense  of  the  ridiculous  and  its  accompanying  relaxation  in 
laughter,  its  prominence  will  be  in  combination  with 
wrinkles  that  are  termed  "crow's  feet"  and  also  with  full 
but  evenly  formed  moist  lips  without  any  appearance  of 
hardness  of  structure.  The  balls  of  the  cheeks  will  be 
rosy  and  prominent;  the  subject  will  be  full  blooded  and 
the  whole  face  will  tell  of  a  happy  nature. 

Where  continued  pain  and  suffering  is  the  cause,  the 
eye  will  be  sunken  and  tend  to  be  dead  in  appearance; 
the  cheeks  will  be  hollow,  the  mouth  drawn  in  its  lines, 
with  the  corners  drooping. 

Where  the  prominence  of  this  muscle  is  caused  by 
irritability  of  the  nerve  centers  or  nervousness,  there  will 


62  Character  Revelations 

be  a  frequent  twitching  of  the  muscle  beneath  the  eye, 
the  brow  and  nose  will  be  contracted.  There  will  be  a 
bagginess  at  the  outer  corner  of  the  upper  eyelid  between 
the  brow  and  the  rim  line  of  the  lid,  which  will  give  it 
the  appearance  of  being  filled  with  liquid.  The  rim  lines 
and  center  lines  of  the  mouth  will  be  irregular  and  the 
red  tissue  of  the  mouth  will  be  parched  and  cracked. 
Plate  L. 

If  the  indications  of  nerve  stress  are  visible,  but  the 
muscle  beneath  the  eye  apparently  has  been  more  promi- 
nent in  the  past  than  at  present  (judgment  must  depend, 
in  deciding  this,  on  whether  the  development  is  full  and 
firm,  or  wrinkled),  and  if  the  perceptives  in  the  center  of 
the  brow  give  evidence  of  having  been  more  contracted 
in  the  past  and  therefore  more  active,  and  the  brow  plainly 
shows  that  it  has  been  intentionally  relaxed,  then  it  can  be 
safely  concluded  that  the  subject  has  suffered  from  ner- 
vous breakdown  as  a  result  of  over-application  to  detail 
and  was  forced  to  change  his  occupation  so  that  he  might 
recuperate.  The  number  of  years  since  this  occurred  can 
be  judged  approximately  by  carefully  weighing  the  pres- 
ent evidence  of  nerve  tension. 

Excess  of  sense  (sex)  pleasure  results  in  the  greatest 
development  of  this  muscle,  and  usually  is  accompanied 
by  more  or  less  bagginess  which  extends  from  this  muscle 
downward  toward  the  cheek.    Plate  XXXVII. 

Where  the  subject  is  high  strung  and  passionate,  this 
condition  is  also  indicated  by  dilated  nostrils  and  a  mouth 


Natural  and  Developed  Eye  Structures        63 

with  lips  hard  and  muscular  in  appearance,  with  more 
than  ordinary  coloring  of  the  lips  and  surrounding  tissue. 
Plate  XXVIII,  Figure  3. 

Where  the  subject  is  animal  in  tendency  the  mouth 
will  jut  forward  and  the  lips  will  be  formless  and  sensual 
in  appearance.  In  this  latter  case  the  muscle  of  the  rim 
line  of  the  lower  lid  will  be  very  coarse  in  structure.  Plate 
XXII,  Figure  3. 

This  muscle  is  often  developed  by  mental  emotionalism 
caused  by  constantly  throwing  one's  self  into  the  reflec- 
tive and  imaginative  side  in  singing  and  in  the  production 
of  art  in  its  many  phases.  In  this  case  it  is  accompanied 
by  a  fairly  prominent  and  full  eye  and  well-formed  mouth. 

In  the  case  of  singers  the  constant  use  of  the  vocal 
chords  reacts  in  stimulating  and  increasing  the  thyroid 
secretions,  resulting  in  the  tendency  toward  obesity  ap- 
parent among  vocalists. 

Extreme  excitement  of  the  emotions  from  any  cause 
results  in  drawing  up  the  lower  eyelid  and  at  the  climax  of 
the  sense  appreciation  the  eyeball  will  bulge  forward  and 
be  turned  upward  and  the  eye  closed. 

Where  the  heart  action  is  greatly  stimulated  by  such 
excess  of  emotion  or  through  constant  overtax,  a  fullness 
or  bagginess  will  extend  downward  from  this  muscle 
toward  the  cheek. 

This  fullness  will  usually  take  on  a  whitish  color  and 
be  found  in  combination  with  a  raised  red  spot  on  the 
cheek  bone,  which  pulsates  during  excitement  and  is  evi- 


64  Character  Revelations 

dence  of  an  over-responsive  heart  action  and  often  indi- 
cates what  is  termed  a  heart  murmur. 

Emotion  when  roused  has  a  tendency  to  militate  against 
conscious  mental  effort,  just  as  stopping  to  think  does 
away  with  emotion.  When  the  power  to  really  think  is 
strongly  developed  and  well  in  control,  the  emotions  when 
roused  act  as  a  stimulant  to  even  greater  mental  alertness. 
The  friction  of  these  forces  caused  by  the  exercise  of  the 
necessary  added  control  creates  what  is  termed  personal 
magnetism,  which  reaches  into  the  hearts  of  those 
addressed. 

The  deep-seated  eye,  as  has  been  shown,  is  the  mental 
eye,  the  eye  of  controlled  thought.  The  prominent  eye 
is  the  eye  of  emotionalism,  and  it  is  difficult  for  the 
strongly  emotional  nature  to  build  into  itself  a  sufficiency 
of  conscious  thought  power  to  overcome  the  tendency  to 
allow  the  feelings,  when  brought  to  bear,  to  result  in  loss 
of  mind  control  to  a  greater  or  lesser  degree. 

To  the  degree  to  which  emotionalism  interposes  itself, 
the  ability  for  cold  analysis  is  weakened. 

A  fine  deep-seated  alert  eye  is  the  index  of  a  keen 
active  mind,  and  development  of  the  structures  surround- 
ing the  eye  is  always  evidence  of  trained  observation  and 
of  trained  mind.  It  has  been  stated  upon  good  authority 
that  eighty-seven  per  cent  of  all  sense  perceptions  are 
received  by  the  eye.  It  works  all  the  time  and  this  work 
should  be  intelligently  directed  so  that  a  maximum  of 
education  may  result  from  this  most  important  sense. 


Natural  and  Developed  Eye  Structures        65 

The  deep-seated  eye  is  always  overshadowed  by  the 
heavy  brow,  indicative  of  trained  perceptives.  This  eye 
observes  in  detail  and  consequently  the  mind  visualizes 
things  seen  in  the  same  manner. 

If  the  eye  is  alert  and  concentrates  upon  each  thing 
coming  within  the  range  of  vision  with  almost  instant 
penetration,  the  power  to  visualize  will  be  general  in 
scope  and  a  vivid  mental  picture  of  all  things  seen  will  be 
retained.  This  will  mean  a  fine  memory  built  upon  the 
law  of  association.    Plate  XI,  Figure  1. 

The  eye  that  is  rapid  in  movement  indicates  a  mind 
that  works  rapidly. 

The  eye  that  is  neither  deep-seated  nor  prominent,  ac- 
companied by  a  brow  that  has  well-developed  perceptives 
(considering  the  eye  location),  will  tend  to  visualize 
typography,  contours,  buildings  and  structural  plans  and 
things  as  a  group,  rather  than  singly,  but  not  details,  as 
this  eye  is  a  more  emotional  eye  and  therefore  will  not  be 
as  deliberate  or  concentrated  in  the  attention  devoted  to 
the  thing  observed.  When  an  eye  of  this  character  is  in 
conbination  with  good  mechanical  and  mathematical 
ability,  the  subject  is  peculiarly  well  equipped  for  struc- 
tural engineering  or  ordinary  building  work. 

The  deep-seated  eye  observes  and  sees  the  detail  first 
and  broadens  its  range  of  vision  to  include  things  in 
general,  whereas  the  medium  deep-seated  eye  sees  things 
in  general  first  and  then  narrows  the  range  of  vision  to 
the  detail.     The  prominent  eye  without  brow  compres- 


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sion  does  not  give  sufficient  attention  to  observe,  nor  does 
it  visualize  at  all. 

The  deep-seated  eye  is  the  eye  of  analysis,  and  belongs 
to  the  mind  of  scientific  inquiry.  The  mind  associated 
with  this  eye  is  logical  and  will  store  the  substance  of 
acquired  knowledge,  whereas  the  mind  in  combination 
with  the  prominent  eye  retains  only  the  form. 

The  deep-seated  eye  stores  the  mind  with  accurate 
knowledge  of  things  seen  and  literally  absorbs  knowledge, 
storing  it  in  a  digested  form  ready  for  use,  whereas  the 
prominent  eye  stores  the  mind  with  things  read  in  books, 
and  it  is  necessary  to  mentally  review  the  knowledge  so 
gathered  before  using  it. 

The  deep-seated  eye  literally  reads  a  word  at  a  time 
with  an  inquiring  mind  ;  whereas  the  prominent  eye,  when 
trained,  figuratively  grasps  a  page  at  a  time.  The  deep- 
seated  eye  refuses  to  allow  one  to  do  other  than  analyze 
all  that  comes  before  it.  In  other  words,  where  the  deep- 
set  eye  is  found,  the  perceptive  or  conscious  thinking  mind 
will  be  in  control  and  operative;  but  where  the  eye 
is  prominent,  the  reflective  and  subconscious  mind  will 
be  the  more  active  and  the  subject  will  act  more  on  intui- 
tion and  "hunch"  than  on  cold  analysis. 

Where  the  iris  of  the  eye  is  out  of  center  (it  normally 
is  centered)  and  the  white  of  the  eye  shows  between  it 
and  the  lower  eyelid,  it  is  indicative  of  lack  of  control 
of  the  emotions  and  passions,  and  is  often  evidence  of 
dissipation,  excess  of  sex  excitement,  the  continued  use 


Natural  and  Developed  Eye  Structures       67 

of  drugs  or  the  excessive  use  of  liquor.  Plates  XI  and 
XII,  Figure  2. 

The  eyeball  is  held  in  place  by  controlled  effort  estab- 
lished as  a  habit.  When  this  control  is  lost,  from  going 
to  sleep  (or  in  death),  while  the  subject  is  under  the  in- 
fluence of  liquor  or  drugs,  or  when  the  subject  is  blind 
and  exercise  of  sight  does  not  require  the  iris  to  be  cen- 
tered, the  eyeball  draws  upward.  Frequent  giving  away 
to  any  of  these  causes  seems  to  so  deaden  the  eye  muscles 
that  they  cannot  longer  complete  their  task  and  the  eye 
will  be  only  partly  drawn  down  to  its  proper  position,  so 
the  white  is  exposed  even  when  the  subject  is  not  then 
influenced  by  these  causes. 

Giving  way  in  excess  to  imaginative  dreams  or  in 
insanity  the  same  result  will  be  produced  in  lesser  degree. 

Insanity  caused  by  over-use  of  the  perceptive  mind  or 
by  worry  will  draw  the  eye  more  deeply  into  the  head  and 
the  eye  will  be  furtive,  extremely  active,  and  almost 
brilliant  in  its  transparency,  which  is  caused  by  over- 
activity of  the  brain  and  eye  as  a  result  of  excess  of 
blood  pressure.  This  type  tends  to  be  dangerously 
treacherous. 

Insanity  caused  by  vague  imaginings  and  over-develop- 
ment of  the  emotional  side  will  result  in  the  eye  becoming 
even  more  prominent,  with  a  surface  transparency,  and 
this  type  tends  to  be  uncontrollably  violent. 

The  one  arises  from  holding  the  mind  so  rigidly  in 
control  that  it  has  ceased  to  think,  and  worry  causes  the 


68  Character  Revelations 

unbalance;  the  other  arises  from  not  holding  the  mind 
sufficiently  in  control. 

In  the  dementia  type  of  idiot  the  mind  is  dulled  and 
the  brain  is  gradually  degenerating  so  that  its  stupidity 
will  reach  depths  even  lower  than  that  of  the  animal. 
With  this  condition  the  eye  will  be  dull,  not  only  in  ex- 
pression, but  the  surface  will  have  a  dead  appearance. 
Plate  XI,  Figure  2. 

There  are  four  droops  of  the  upper  eyelid  over  the 
eyeball;  all  arising  from  different  causes  and  all  easily 
distinguished  one  from  the  other,  but  all  important : 

First.  The  habit  of  sustained  concentration  of  the 
mind  in  analysis  of  either  the  thing  immediately  before 
the  eye  or  the  abstract  thing  will  result  in  the  upper  eye- 
lid, which  is  drawn  back  practically  touching  the  brow, 
dropping  about  one-third  over  the  iris  of  a  deeply-set 
almond  shaped  eye  of  deliberate  activity.  Plate  XI, 
Figure  1. 

Instead  of  a  sustained  concentration,  which  is  cus- 
tomary with  a  deep-set  eye  and  developed  perceptives,  a 
more  prominent  eye  (indicating  emotion),  will  develop 
what  may  be  termed  a  momentary  concentration  or  center- 
ing of  the  eye,  often  repeating  this  action  many  times  in 
a  short  period.  This  habit  is  only  to  be  recognized  from 
the  expression  at  the  time  when  it  is  being  practiced  as  it 
does  not  produce  the  permanent  droop  of  concentration. 

Second.  Genius  of  a  creative  quality  is  evidenced 
where  the  brow  is  strongly  perceptive  in  development, 


Natural  and  Developed  Eye  Structures        69 

but  the  eye  is  more  prominent  and  emotional  and  the  brow 
less  concentrated,  not  as  close  to  the  eye,  the  upper  eye- 
lid dropping  almost  a  half  over  the  iris  of  the  eye,  giving 
the  appearance  of  a  dreamy  looking  into  the  distance, 
while  in  reality  the  glance  is  turned  inward  in  searching 
analysis  of  some  abstract  problem.  This  mental  atti- 
tude is  the  cause  of  the  result.  It  requires  the  man  with 
the  eye  of  concentration  to  capitalize  this  man's  inven- 
tions.   Plate  XII,  Figure  1. 

Third.  Self-consciousness  is  indicated  by  the  brow  but 
slightly  contracted,  and  far  from  the  eyeball,  the  eyeball 
prominent  but  lacking  the  life  and  surface  moisture  and 
transparency  of  the  emotional  eye,  the  upper  eyelid  drop- 
ping from  one-third  to  a  half  over  the  iris  of  the  eye,  the 
eyelid  actually  lacking  muscular  strength  to  draw  itself 
upward  to  its  correct  position.    Plate  XIV,  Figure  3. 

The  lower  lid  in  this  case  will  usually  droop  away  from 
the  eyeball,  exposing  the  white  of  the  eye,  also  from  lack 
of  muscular  strength.  This  condition  arises  from  a 
continued  physically  depleted  condition  from  childhood 
up,  and  the  self -consciousness  results  from  a  feeling  of 
inability  to  cope  successfully  with  others  in  either  mental 
or  physical  contest.  This  subject  will  often  have  the  pale 
skin  and  emaciated  appearance  of  the  anaemic. 

Fourth.  Sensuality  and  physical  excess  is  evidenced  in 
the  eye  with  the  brow  thrown  backward,  the  upper  lid 
dropped  about  one-half  over  the  eyeball,  which  is  promi- 
nent and  liquid  and  often  dull  in  appearance. 


70  Character  Revelations 

The  rims  of  both  the  upper  and  lower  lids  are  thick 
and  coarse,  and  in  both  the  muscles  on  the  rim  of  the  lids 
are  developed  and  prominent.  The  eye  has  no  alertness 
of  glance  or  movement,  and  the  eye  has  a  tendency  to  be 
permanently  drawn  up  out  of  center,  showing  the  white 
of  the  eye  beneath  the  iris.    Plate  XI,  Figure  2. 

This  condition  is  caused  by  the  constantly  excessive 
demands  upon  the  emotions,  and  therefore  upon  the  secre- 
tory glands;  it  results  in  a  coarsening  and  deadening  of 
the  tissues.  The  thickening  of  both  rims  of  the  eyelids  is 
caused  by  the  frequent  tensing  and  almost  closing  of  both 
lids  when  giving  way  to  a  vivid  play  upon  the  emotions 
almost  whenever  one  of  the  opposite  sex  even  passes  the 
possessor  of  a  mind  so  prurient. 

It  is  acknowledged  that  excitement  and  emotion  always 
cause  the  pupil  of  the  eye  to  dilate,  and  as  emotion  dis- 
tends the  whole  arterial  system  it  makes  the  eyeball  bulge 
forward.  Emotion  causes  stimulation  of  the  whole  glan- 
dular system,  which  increases  the  action  of  the  whole 
secretory  system,  and  this  is  why  it  is  usual  to  say  "laugh 
and  grow  fat." 

The  color  of  eye  is  important  in  judging  the  relative 
degree  of  mind  or  emotional  activity.  The  prominent 
dark  eye  will  be  more  mental  and  less  emotional  than  the 
prominent  light  blue  eye,  because  the  brunette  qualities 
as  explained  in  chapter  on  Color  are  bound  to  have  a  con- 
trolling effect. 

It   is   not   desired   to   leave   the   impression   that   the 


Natural  and  Developed  Eye  Structures        71 

prominent  eye  is  to  be  deplored,  but  simply  to  show  the 
natural  trend  of  development  in  each  case,  for  each  type 
controlled  by  developed  mind  have  their  equal  part  in  the 
progress  of  the  world. 

What  is  in  an  eye  ?  The  power  to  observe.  Each  one 
has  the  power  to  see,  but  few  the  power  to  observe.  To 
see  is  innate,  but  the  ability  to  really  observe  is  developed 
by  persistent  effort.  Intelligent  observation  is  the  greatest 
means  for  education  given  to  the  human  race.  The  eye  of 
each  can  be  made  to  a  great  extent  what  is  willed;  the 
prominent  eye  of  emotionalism  can  be  developed  into  the 
eye  of  mind,  and  the  deep-seated  eye  of  mental  power 
can  degenerate  into  the  eye  of  physical  excess.  The  eye 
of  developed  mind  power  commands  and  controls  the 
wills  of  man  and  beast.  The  eye  that  welcomes  both 
mental  and  physical  contest  knows  no  fear,  but  is  feared. 

To  accomplish  the  first  means  work,  definite  training 
of  mind,  building  into  both  the  eye  and  surrounding 
structures  the  evidence  of  confident  power  to  meet  all 
issues  and  conquer.  Follow  the  course  of  least  resistance, 
allow  the  spirit  of  "don't  care"  to  exist,  and  the  last  is  the 
lot  that  will  fall  to  you. 


CHAPTER  VII 
NOSE 

Physiologically  the  nose  is  probably  the  most  im- 
portant feature  of  the  face  from  the  standpoint  of 
character  building. 

Most  of  the  energy  part  of  the  blood  is  derived  from 
the  oxygen  taken  into  the  lungs  and  thus  absorbed  into 
the  system.  This  is  the  real  reason  why  a  large  nose  has 
been  looked  upon  as  indicating  a  man  of  more  than  ordi- 
nary capacity,  both  mental  and  physical. 

The  proper  development  of  lung  capacity  requires 
that  there  shall  be  the  resistive  force  brought  to  bear  by 
taking  the  air  in  and  passing  it  out  through  the  nose 
passages.  A  large  nose  usually  indicates  good  lung 
capacity,  and  the  development  of  a  large  nose  usually 
indicates  that  the  large  lung  capacity  has  been  used.  Plate 
XVII,  Figure  2. 

Therefore,  from  a  physiological  standpoint  a  large 
nose  will  indicate  such  qualities  as  courage,  energy,  both 
mental  and  physical,  intensity  and  ambition;  whereas  a 
nose  with  hollow  root  and  cramped  structure  of  the  nos- 
trils will  indicate  the  lover  of  ease  and  a  tendency  toward 

72 


Nose  73 

mental  indolence,  which  will  result  in  a  liking  to  ask 
questions  rather  than  to  think  a  thing  out  for  one'e  self. 

As  has  been  explained  in  chapter  on  the  Principles  of 
Expression,  the  character  of  the  nose  is  one  of  the  surest 
indications  as  to  whether  the  nature  is  expanded  or  con- 
tracted. The  nostril  of  the  ultra-conservative  and  self- 
centered  subject  is  always  drawn  in,  and  the  aperture  of 
the  nostril,  although  long,  indicating  sensitiveness,  will  be 
narrow  and  drawn  close  to  the  septum.  It  will  be  noted 
that  one  of  this  nature  will  even  contract  the  nostril  when 
drawing  breath  in,  whereas  one  with  the  courage  and 
force  of  the  expanded  nature  will  definitely  broaden  the 
nostril  and  throw  out  the  chest  to  receive  the  air  to  its 
full  capacity.  Plate  XIX,  Figure  2  (contracted),  Plate 
LIII  (expanded). 

There  is  a  distinct  difference  between  the  nostril  that  is 
expanded  and  the  one  that  is  dilated.  Expansion,  as 
has  already  been  shown,  is  an  indication  of  strength,  but 
the  dilated  nostril  is  usually  well  formed,  but  of  very 
light  structure,  almost  transparent  in  its  fineness.  This 
nose  may  be  either  large  or  small,  but  usually  tends  to  be 
large,  and  indicates  one  of  extreme  sensitiveness  and 
greatly  developed  activity  of  sense  excitability.  This 
nostril  will  take  on  a  fan-like  motion  when  the  possessor 
is  excited.    Plate  XX,  Figure  2. 

Constant  exercise  of  the  nose  in  evidencing  these  feel- 
ings will  gradually  bring  about  a  permanent  condition  of 
dilation. 


74  Character  Revelations 

As  emotionalism  and  intensity  are  greatly  regulated  by 
the  degree  of  energy  generated  in  the  subject,  the  nose  is 
a  splendid  feature  from  which  to  judge  of  these  qualities. 

The  effect  of  excess  emotionalism,  no  matter  what  the 
form  of  the  nose,  will  be  to  coarsen  the  nostril  and  the 
whole  cartilaginous  and  muscle  structure,  whereas  the 
effect  of  intensity  (which  results  from  mind  control)  will 
be  to  make  the  whole  formation  finer  in  line.     Plate  XL. 

The  great  difference  between  the  dead  nostril  and  the 
one  that  is  alive  is  something  that  unfolds  a  world  of 
interest  in  study,  and  it  is  remarkable  what  an  amount  of 
definite  knowledge  of  character  may  be  acquired  by  learn- 
ing to  judge  accurately  these  values.  The  cramped, 
colorless,  unused  and  lifeless  nostril  of  the  habitual  mouth 
breather,  lacking  in  initiative  and  power,  is  the  one 
extreme;  and  the  large,  long,  broad,  finely  cut,  fully  ex- 
panded nostril  of  good  color  of  the  vigorous  and  coura- 
geous man  is  the  other.     Plate  XVII,  Figures  I  and  2. 

The  character  indications  of  facial  muscular  develop- 
ment hold  good  in  the  building  of  a  nose,  and  this  feature 
in  its  development  is  one  of  the  surest  indicators  of  mind 
applied  to  character  building. 

It  is  also  found  that  the  psychological  reaction  on  the 
nose  is  recorded  in  definite  and  readable  form. 

For  instance,  the  tensing  of  the  forehead  and  face  with 
mental  decision  and  bodily  action  results  in  sharpening  the 
lines  of  the  nostrils,  the  ridge  and  tip  of  the  nose,  giving 
them  a  keener  appearance  of  strength. 


Nose  75 

The  direct  result  of  mental  action  as  recorded  in  the 

nose  structure  is  easily  noted  by  those  that  observe. 

The  point  of  the  nose  and  nostrils  are  particularly 
sensitive,  and  as  the  brow  and  face  muscles  either  become 
tense  or  relax,  they  directly  affect  the  tip  of  the  nose. 

Therefore,  where  the  point  of  the  nose  is  notably 
divided,  it  has  been  caused  by  the  frequent  minute  con- 
centration of  the  brow  and  corresponding  compression  of 
the  lips. 

This  development  will  only  be  found  in  correlation  with 
the  narrower  head  structure  and  mind  that  moves  quickly 
from  one  thing  to  another.  The  nose  will  be  small  and 
light  in  structure,  but  well  formed,  indicating  sensi- 
tiveness. This  nose,  with  its  division,  indicates  quick 
judgments  in  minor  matters,  but  either  very  slow  decision 
or  indecisiveness  in  the  making  of  decisions  of  importance. 
It  indicates  the  critical  mind,  with  fine  discrimination  as  to 
values,  but  not  the  mind  of  analysis.  Plate  XVII, 
Figure  3. 

Where  the  brow  and  whole  face  is  more  heavily  muscled 
and  broader  in  its  range  of  analysis,  the  nose  is  held  com- 
pressed for  sustained  periods  of  concentration,  and  in 
consequence  the  tip  of  the  nose  gradually  takes  on  a 
permanently  compressed  and  firm  appearance,  and  looks 
as  though  the  point  has  been  drawn  toward  the  face. 
Plate  XX,  Figure  1. 

This  action  is  only  found  in  the  large  nose  of  fine 
structure,  and  indicates  the  man  of  deliberate  decision  in 


76  Character  Revelations 

all  matters,  both  small  and  large ;  the  one  that  both  thinks 
and  acts,  a  mind  of  cold  analysis.  Refinement  of  sensi- 
bilities is  well  shown  in  the  thin,  delicately  and  finely  cut 
nostril  and  nose,  while  thick  nostrils  illy  shaped,  tending 
to  be  round  rather  than  long,  are  a  sure  sign  that  there  is 
a  strain  of  crudeness  in  the  ancestry. 

Warning  is  here  given  that  no  judgment  must  be 
rendered  upon  one  indication,  but  each  must  be  compared 
with  all  other  signs  and  the  opinion  then  rendered. 

The  reaction  on  the  nose  of  giving  way  in  excess  to 
body  desires  is  to  coarsen  the  rim  line  of  the  nostril  and 
give  the  whole  nose  a  swollen  effect,  and  thereby  do  away 
with  any  sharpness  of  line.  This  is  caused  by  the  over- 
activity of  the  secretory  systems,  and  is  also  probably  the 
result  of  the  hardening  of  the  finer  blood  vessels  through 
continued  spasmodic  over-pressure  of  the  blood.  This 
effect  seems  to  arise  from  this  cause  at  all  extremities. 
Plate  XIX,  Figure  3. 

There  is  an  interesting  comparison  of  three  noses,  all 
crude  in  structure,  but  the  crudity  resulting  from  entirely 
different  causes. 

First  is  the  nose  naturally  well  formed,  but  through 
physical  excess  and  dissipation  it  has  become  coarsened, 
and  there  is  literally  a  bloated  fullness  extending  from  the 
rim  of  the  nostril  up  the  side  and  point  for  about  a  half 
inch.     Plate  XIX,  Figure  3. 

The  second  is  the  naturally  coarse  structure,  with  the 
nose  narrow  and  crude  in  form,  with  nostril  oblong  in 


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shape  and  turned  up  so  that  one  can  see  into  the  nostril, 
with  sunken  root  and  nose  protruding  but  a  short  distance 
from  the  face.     Plate  XX,  Figure  3. 

The  third  is  the  nose  that  is  wide,  but  almost  flat  on 
the  face,  with  large  round  holes  for  nostrils,  and  the  nose 
without  form.  Plate  XXI,  Figure  I.  This  is  what  is 
termed  the  rudimentary  structure,  and  is  nearly  always 
accompanied  by  the  profile  that  slants  from  the  brow 
forward.  Although  the  chin  may  appear  deficient,  both 
the  formless  mouth  and  the  chin  will  project  for  a  half 
inch  to  two  inches  ahead  of  the  brow,  and  the  forehead 
will  be  low  and  cramped  in  form,  with  eye  bulging.  There 
will  be  no  indication  of  any  mental  reaction  on  this  face. 
This  structure  is  more  fully  described  in  the  chapter  upon 
head  formations. 

Some  of  these  same  indications  are  found  with  the 
short  and  round  face,  and  indicate  animal  tendencies  as 
distinct  from  sensuality.  They  have  animal  cunning, 
but  no  ability  to  think. 


.     CHAPTER  VIII 
THE  ACTION  OF  MIND  AND  BODY  ON  THE  MOUTH 

The  mouth  in  itself  is  the  most  sensitive  feature  of  the 
whole  face.  On  account  of  its  delicate  muscle  structure, 
because  the  tissue  is  so  fine  in  texture  and  so  closely  filled 
with  blood  vessels  and  secretory  glands,  it  is  particularly 
subject  to  change  in  formation,  either  by  the  mind  in 
action  or  by  the  bodily  reactions.  The  qualities  arising 
from  the  body  conditions  are  those  that  naturally  appear 
in  the  mouth,  but  the  mouth  is  the  surest  possible  indicator 
of  whether  the  forces  are  or  are  not  in  control,  and  as  to 
the  degree  to  which  the  body  has  and  can  be  brought  into 
action  in  the  fulfillment  of  the  dictates  of  the  mind. 

It  is  quite  remarkable  the  nicety  with  which  (by  taking 
into  consideration  the  quality  of  the  subject)  one  can 
judge  the  possible  reactions  of  a  subject  where  certain 
causes  are  brought  to  bear.  In  doing  this  it  is  of  course 
essential  that  one  shall  be  able  to  judge  accurately  the 
degree  of  mental  and  bodily  activity  of  the  subject,  as  the 
mouth  will  be  affected  only  to  the  degree  of  mental  or 
physical  force  brought  to  bear  upon  it. 

Hardly  a  thought  passes  through  the  mind,  or  an  action 

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Action  of  Mind  and  Body  on  the  Mouth      79 

of  the  body,  that  does  not  bring  the  mouth  into  play  in 
expression,  and  the  thoughts  and  actions  most  often  given 
way  to  take  the  largest  part  in  forming  the  permanent 
expression,  the  position  taken  by  the  mouth  when  in 
repose. 

The  mouth  in  repose  is  more  definite  in  its  indications 
than  when  mobile,  but  in  movement  the  mouth  will  nearly 
always  more  positively  express  the  qualities  that  were 
mildly  evident  while  passive. 

The  action  of  the  emotional  and  body  side  is  to  enlarge, 
coarsen,  and  make  more  formless  the  mouth,  whereas 
the  mind  action  is  to  compress,  refine,  tighten  and  make 
the  mouth  take  on  definiteness  in  form  as  illustrative  of 
controlled  action.  Plate  XXVIII,  Figure  3 ;  Plate  XXII, 
Figure  2. 

In  forming  a  conclusion  in  regard  to  the  activity  of  the 
social  relationships  of  a  subject,  the  mouth  is  the  most 
important  feature  from  which  to  gather,  not  only  the 
natural  tendencies,  but  what  is  the  past  and  present 
attitude.  If  the  mouth  is  contracted,  the  corners  drawn 
toward  each  other,  then  there  will  be  ultra-conservatism, 
and  with  it  in  nearly  all  cases  quite  a  large  degree  of  self- 
center.  This  will  result  in  a  desire  to  keep  to  one's  self, 
to  make  few  friends,  but  probably  good  ones,  and 
usually  great  loyalty  to  those  few.  This  attitude  of 
mind  as  expressed  in  the  contracted  mouth  will  tinge 
practically  every  act  of  the  subject,  restricting  his  cour- 
age of  decision  and  action.     (This  question  is  more  fully 


80  Character  Revelations 

covered  in  the  chapter  in  this  work,  entitled  "The  Prin- 
ciples of  Expression.")  Plate  XXV,  Figure  3  (ex- 
treme. ) 

The  mouth  is  the  only  feature  of  the  face  that  is 
normally  directly  correlated  with  the  inmost  workings  of 
the  emotional  and  desire  side  of  the  personality,  and  as 
a  result  any  excitation  of  the  emotion  centers  at  once 
produces  its  effect  on  the  mouth.  Development  of  any 
of  these  centers,  by  excitement,  by  either  natural  inward 
causes  or  by  outside  forces  brought  to  bear,  will  have  the 
effect  of  increased  activity  of  and  flow  of  blood  to  the 
tissues  of  which  these  centers  are  constructed,  and  there- 
fore enlargement. 

The  direct  correlation  of  all  of  these  centers  makes  it 
impossible  that  one  shall  be  affected  without  all,  and  it 
was  this  fact  (because  the  effect  of  mind  control  was 
overlooked)  that  caused  Lavater,  one  of  the  oldest 
students  of  the  face,  to  remark  that  full  lips  indicated 
"a  man  filled  with  wickedness  and  folly."  Women's 
mouths  must  be  judged  with  this  in  mind,  as  by  their 
very  nature  a  woman's  mouth  must  be  softer  in  structure 
and  less  hard  in  line.     Plate  XXII,  Figure  . 

Remember  in  reading  the  mouth,  that  apparently  the 
mouths  of  all  races  are  not  muscled  in  the  same  way  or  to 
the  same  extent,  and  the  fineness  and  multiplicity  of  mus- 
cles in  the  mouth  have  much  to  do  with  its  ability  to 
express  that  which  is  within.  Where  the  mouth  structure 
is  crude  in  most  cases  we  shall  also  find  crudeness  through- 


Action  of  Mind  and  Body  on  the  Mouth      81 

out  the  whole  brain  and  body  formation,  and  an  inability 
to  handle  the  mouth  with  certitude  is  an  indication  of 
undeveloped  mind.  The  mind  must  have  many  sides  and 
real  activity  for  it  to  find  expression  in  the  mouth.  Plate 
XXII,  Figure  3. 

There  is  an  interesting  comparison  in  the  texture  of  the 
lip  structure,  which  arises  from  the  physiological  condi- 
tion of  the  body.  Where  the  lips  are  full,  protruding, 
thick  in  their  whole  makeup,  moist  and  of  good  color, 
usually  accompanied  by  light  coloring,  the  nature  is  pliable, 
thoroughly  interested  in  all  play  on  the  senses,  optimistic, 
generous,  but  impractical,  active  sympathies,  keen  sensi- 
bilities, emotional  and  often  has  uncontrolled  temper, 
easily  roused  and  soon  quieted,  active  enthusiasms  but 
not  sufficiently  sustained.  Where  this  type  of  mouth  is 
compressed,  which  is  evidence  of  control,  the  lines  are 
less  firm  and  more  easily  disturbed  than  in  the  mouth  of 
intensity.  This  is  the  sensuous  mouth,  and  can  degenerate, 
in  the  formless  mouth  of  the  sensualist.  Plate  XXII, 
Figure  1   (sensuous),  Plate  XXIX,  Figure  2  (sensual). 

Where  the  dark  or  medium  dark  coloring  is  found,  as 
a  result  of  the  slower  heart  action  and  less  action  of  the 
assimilative  and  secretory  systems,  the  lips  will  be  dry, 
harder  and  thinner,  and  firm  in  structure,  evenly  com- 
pressed; the  nature  will  likewise  be  harder;  there  will  be 
deep  intensity  instead  of  emotion,  and  there  will  be  de- 
liberate decision  and  action,  with  well-sustained  enthusi- 
asm and  energy  supported  by  tenacity  of  purpose.     This 


82  Character  Revelations 

is  the  mouth  of  intensity  and  strong  but  controlled  pas- 
sions.    Plate  XXII,  Figure  2. 

Where  the  make-up  of  the  mouth  is  of  the  same 
character,  but  the  lips  have  taken  on  a  hard,  full  appear- 
ance, red  in  color  surrounding  the  mouth,  the  mouth 
lines  hard  but  strongly  irregular,  and  lips  coming  forward, 
this  is  the  mouth  of  uncontrolled  passions,  and  may  also 
with  great  excess  degenerate  into  the  sensual. 

Where  this  mouth  is  hard  and  the  puffs  on  each  side 
of  the  upper  lip  are  curved,  and  there  is  a  droop  on  one 
side,  but  the  texture  is  reasonably  soft,  it  is  the  indica- 
tion of  irritability.  Where  the  texture  of  the  mouth 
becomes  hard  and  dry,  parched  and  cracked,  with  irregular 
wave  lines  for  the  rim  of  the  lips,  this  is  the  result  of 
increased  irritability  to  the  point  of  ill  temper,  and  is 
caused  by  a  drying  up  of  the  secretory  glands  of  the 
mouth  as  a  result  of  an  excess  of  bile  salts  in  the  blood 
and  a  slowing  down  of  circulation  from  the  same  cause. 

Where  there  is  a  fairly  prominent  dark  eye,  bright  both 
with  deep  as  well  as  a  surface  transparency,  and  the 
upper  lip  is  dark  at  the  rim  line  and  particularly  full  and 
thick  through  the  center  from  the  rim  to  the  base  of  the 
nose,  with  full  lower  lip,  this  also  particularly  in  the 
center,  but  neither  lip  coarse  in  structure  but  finely  cut 
and  moist  and  very  red,  with  the  ball  of  the  chin  drawn 
upward,  this  represents  a  fine  combination  of  the  sense 
side  with  the  passionate,  capable  of  deep  intensity  of 
feeling  equal  to  the  most  passionate,  but  with  also  the 


Action  of  Mind  and  Body  on  the  Mouth      83 

softness  of  pure  affection.  This  combination  is  rare,  but 
greatly  to  be  prized  when  possessed. 

As  the  subject  has  been  so  fully  covered  in  this  work, 
it  is  unnecessary  to  again  suggest  that  these  combinations 
are  all  a  result  of  a  greater  or  lesser  activity  of  the  secre- 
tory (including  the  lymphatic)  and  eliminative  systems, 
combined  with  a  greater  or  lesser  development  of  the 
mind  and  body. 

The  sensualists  with  the  weak  liquid,  prominent  eye, 
the  nostril  that  pulsates  with  lust,  the  muscle  and  flesh 
structure  of  the  chin  that  moves  and  twitches  in  union 
with  the  drawing,  loosening  and  coming  forward  of  the 
large,  loose,  moist  lips,  is  easily  recognized,  and  it  is  not 
hard  to  explain  the  causes  behind  the  effect  produced  in 
the  face. 

Where  the  upper  lip  is  mildly  drawn  down  in  the 
center,  and  the  under  lip  gently  drawn  upward  in  the 
center,  this  is  the  indication  of  discretion  and  deliberation 
in  both  thought  and  action. 

Another  interesting  illustration  of  the  working  of  the 
two  forces  within  one  on  the  mouth  is  found  in  the 
person  of  narrow  mental  calibre  and  lacking  in  body 
strength.  The  mind  is  developed  within  the  limits  of  its 
scope,  and  the  upper  lip  by  contraction  has  straightened 
and  the  red  has  become  rolled  under,  and  the  upper  lip 
thinned.  The  mind  action  alone  will  have  this  effect  on 
the  upper  lip.  Lacking  the  physical  strength  which 
results  in  the  urge  to  act,  the  decisions  have  been  made, 


84  Character  Revelations 

the  weak  physical  side,  conservatism,  and  lack  of  self- 
assurance  have  kept  him  from  performing  the  dictates  of 
the  mind;  and  the  lower  lip  hangs  forward  and  down 
loosely  unformed,  because  he  has  lacked  directed  physical 
action. 

Where  the  mouth  slants  to  either  side\  with  lips  tightly 
drawn,  it  is  good  evidence  of  the  extreme  of  suspicion  and 
secretiveness.  The  cause  for  this  is  plainly  shown  in  a 
prison  where  communication  by  one  prisoner  to  another 
is  forbidden,  and  consequently  the  prisoners  learn  the 
habit  of  talking  in  this  way  without  moving  the  lips. 
When  the  habit  is  developed  it  usually  lasts. 

Protruding  lower  lip  indicates  arrogance,  intolerance, 
and  a  tendency  toward  despotism.  It  arises  often  from 
a  feeling  of  antagonism  and  belligerency,  developed 
because  of  an  aggressive  spirit  without  enough  of  self- 
confidence  to  allow  it  to  find  outward  expression.  The 
aggressiveness  is  thereby  turned  in  upon  the  possessor. 

Much  profit  will  be  derived  if  the  reader  will  try  to 
develop  within  himself  many  of  the  different  moods 
herein  described,  and  will  watch  and  study  the  mind  and 
body  reactions  in  the  mouth  formation.  It  is  also  possible 
to  reason  out  many  other  variations  of  feeling  by  this 
process,  for  as  one  feels  so  will  be  the  reaction  in  the 
face,  and  as  all  are  constituted  and  muscled  to  a  great 
extent  in  the  same  manner,  so  in  nearly  all  cases  will  the 
developed  evidence  be  the  same. 


CHAPTER  IX 

COLOR  AS  A   CHARACTER  GUIDE 

Balance  in  coloring  is  as  important  as  balance  in  any 
other  part  of  the  make-up  of  a  person.  By  balance  is 
meant  that  the  points  by  which  the  degree  of  blondness  or 
brunetteness  of  a  subject  is  judged  should  show  close  to 
a  dividing  line  between  these  two  conditions.  Further, 
the  hair,  eyes  and  skin  should  show  practically  an  equal 
amount  of  blondness  and  brunetteness.  In  estimating  this 
condition  it  is  not  important  that  each  of  these  three  points 
shall  be  balanced.  The  hair  or  eyes,  for  instance,  may 
be  strongly  of  either  coloring,  but  it  is  important  that  the 
combination  of  the  three  points  shall  show  a  reasonable 
balance  in  color,  and  therefore  showing  a  balance  in  the 
characteristics  usually  evidenced  by  coloring. 

These  statements  regarding  the  characteristics  found 
with  either  light  or  dark  coloring  may  be  accepted  as 
general.  The  chief  variation  in  the  action  of  either  blond- 
ness or  brunetteness  in  producing  these  characteristics  is 
due  to  the  greater  or  lesser  activity  of  the  secretory 
(particularly  the  lymphatic)  systems. 

In  the  brunette  if  the   secretory   systems    (including 

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86  Character  Revelations 

the  lymphatic)  are  particularly  active,  the  brunette 
partakes  greatly  of  the  blond  characteristics,  and  is  there- 
fore more  balanced  in  nature.  The  flesh  structures  will 
indicate  this  activity  by  a  more  pronounced  roundness  of 
form,  both  in  body  and  face ;  the  lips  will  be  full  with  a 
greater  expanse  of  red  tissue  present,  and  the  whole  lip 
structure  will  be  actually  thicker  through,  particularly 
in  the  center.  The  eyes  will  incline  toward  greater 
prominence,  with  marked  surface  transparency,  indicating 
a  greater  activity  of  the  secretory  systems  and  the  in- 
creased emotionalism  usually  found  in  the  blond. 

Where  this  condition  exists  in  the  brunette  the  usual 
brunette  qualities  of  tenacity,  control,  vindictiveness, 
skepticism,  intensity,  sullenness,  and  deep  irritability 
(often  growing  into  downright  ill  temper)  will  be  either 
dormant  or  much  softened  in  their  action.  If  the  eye 
of  the  blond  is  drawn  back  into  the  head  and  has  a  deep 
transparency,  and  the  skin  is  pale  rather  than  rosy,  show- 
ing depleted  blood  condition,  and  the  flesh  structures  seem 
to  be  hard  rather  than  soft  (indicating  lack  of  activity  of 
the  secretory  systems)  the  usual  blond  emotionalism, 
active  sympathies,  and  responsiveness  will  not  be  found, 
but  there  will  be  present  conservatism,  secretiveness,  cold- 
ness, repression  and  a  consequent  self  center,  which 
qualities  react  in  much  the  same  way  as  the  slowness, 
tenacity  and  sullenness  of  the  brunette.  The  broad  head 
structure  which  indicates  caution,  in  combination  with 
blondness,  will  also  tend  to  lessen  the  activity  of  the  blond 


Color  as  a  Character  Guide  87 

characteristics,  as  also  will  an  excess  of  bone  structure 
with  exceedingly  narrow  head,  which  condition  is  almost 
uniformly  found  in  some  races  of  decided  blondness. 

Referring  back  even  to  the  writings  of  the  early 
students  of  human  nature,  it  is  found  that  from  then 
until  now  all  hold  the  opinion  that  one  that  is  strictly  a 
blond  is  emotional,  consequently  easily  influenced  and 
changeable.  They  like  the  open,  with  plenty  of  excite- 
ment, have  over-quick  heart  responses  and  lack  of  control, 
resulting  in  an  explosive  temper,  which  dies  down  as 
quickly  as  it  is  roused.  Optimism  rules  with  the  blond, 
and  his  active  and  uncontrolled  sympathies  result  in 
generosity  without  judgment. 

Authorities  agree  and  analyses  of  thousands  of  subjects 
prove  that  the  brunette  is  usually  slow  in  action,  cautious, 
deliberate,  slow  to  become  angry,  but  intense  to  the  ex- 
treme of  violence  when  aroused,  displaying  vindictiveness 
and  sullenness  in  holding  a  grudge.  Where  repression  is 
exercised  there  is  a  tendency  to  allow  this  irritability  to 
grow  into  downright  constant  ill  temper  and  pessimism. 

The  brunette  is  studious,  dependable,  tenacious  in  ac- 
complishing a  purpose,  is  usually  logical,  with  a  scientific 
mind,  and  possesses  good  mechanical  and  mathematical 
ability. 

Where  the  eye  and  skin,  either  in  a  blond  or  brunette, 
are  abnormally  dark  in  color,  and  the  white  of  the  eye 
shows  a  yellow  tinge  and  the  skin  has  a  sallow  and  yellow 
appearance,  a  torpid  liver  and  gall  are  indicated,  with 


88  Character  Revelations 

resulting  biliousness  and  inactivity  of  the  eliminative 
functions.  Where  this  condition  in  a  brunette  exists,  the 
characteristics  of  the  brunette  will  be  intensified.  If  found 
in  a  blond  some  of  the  brunette  qualities  will  occur  in 
lesser  degree,  especially  if  this  condition  is  allowed  to 
continue  for  any  length  of  time. 

Where  decided  repression  of  the  urges  has  been  ex- 
ercised, it  is  noted  that  the  skin  will  become  darker  and  the 
eliminative  system  will  be  less  active,  resulting  in  a  strong 
tendency  toward  constipation. 

Where  the  skin  is  pale,  and  blood  anaemic  in  character, 
either  in  a  blond  or  brunette,  this  impoverished  condition 
of  blood  and  skin  will  result  in  timidity,  secretiveness, 
oversensitiveness  and  often  self -consciousness. 

All  of  the  characteristics  of  both  blond  and  brunette 
will  be  found  inherent  to  the  extent  of  the  coloring  shown 
in  the  eye,  the  hair  and  the  skin. 

It  must  be  remembered  that  although  the  brunette 
qualities  are  inherent  as  a  result  of  favorable  environment 
and  association  these  qualities  may  remain  dormant.  The 
inborn  blond  qualities  also  may  as  a  result  of  mind  train- 
ing be  held  in  control.  Therefore  it  is  necessary  to  check 
the  character  evidence  of  color  with  all  other  indications 
before  arriving  at  a  conclusion  as  to  the  activity  of  the 
inherent  qualities. 

As  a  result  of  the  widely  varying  qualities  usually  found 
in  the  brunette  and  the  blond,  it  is  found  that  the  mind 
of  each  seems  to  process  in  an  entirely  different  way. 


Color  as  a  Character  Guide  89 

The  blond  mind,  as  it  has  been  termed,  functions  more 
rapidly  than  the  brunette — undoubtedly  the  result  of  the 
more  active  heart  response  and  the  consequent  greater 
emotionalism  of  the  subject.  Deliberate  and  sustained 
conscious  mental  effort  conquers  emotion,  just  as  yielding 
to  emotion  does  away  with  controlled  and  conscious 
thought.  Therefore,  because  the  blond  is  naturally  emo- 
tional, and  thus  adaptable,  his  mind  can  cover  many  more 
subjects  than  the  brunette's.  He  readily  follows  a  speaker 
from  one  train  of  thought  to  another,  content  with  allow- 
ing the  subconscious  mind  to  record  the  form  of  the  in- 
formation given,  but  failing  to  analyze  or  store  the 
knowledge  logically  in  a  digested  form,  ready  for  use. 
The  brunette,  with  his  tendency  to  be  deliberate,  studious 
and  tenacious,  will  miss  much  that  a  speaker  may  say,  in 
order  to  analyze  the  points  of  interest  as  presented,  and 
record  the  substance  of  the  acquired  knowledge,  ready 
to  use  it  as  occasion  may  present. 

In  other  words,  the  blond  usually  tends  to  be  lightning 
quick,  but  superficial  in  his  mental  processes,  which  results 
in  his  depending  more  on  the  subconscious  mind.  He 
is  quickly  intuitive  in  making  decisions,  but  indecisive  if 
obliged  to  analyze  to  a  conclusion.  The  brunette,  with 
his  deliberateness,  misses  much,  but  what  he  gets  is  part 
of  him.  He  is  thorough  in  his  mental  application.  He 
has  the  power  of  concentration  uninterfered  with  by  emo- 
tion, and  depends  on  his  conscious  thinking  powers  for 
decision  after  careful  analysis.    The  affections  in  relation 


90  Character  Revelations 

to  their  constancy  and  depth  will  correspond  with  the 
mind  and  body  qualities  here  found. 

Intensity,  a  brunette  quality,  is  developed  by  conserva- 
tion of  emotional  feeling — or  by  feeling  held  in  control 
by  conscious  mental  effort. 

The  characteristics  of  the  blond  and  brunette  have  been 
recognized  for  centuries.  Centuries  ago  theories  as  to 
why  these  characteristics  could  be  attributed  to  color  were 
advanced.  Probably  the  oldest  idea  on  the  subject  refers 
to  sun  rays  and  their  effect  upon  the  pigmentation  of  the 
skin.  The  theory  was  advanced  that  the  sun's  distance 
from  the  earth  in  northern  climates  caused  blondness,  and 
the  sun's  closeness  to  the  earth  in  tropical  zones  is  the 
cause  of  brunetteness,  and  that  the  conditions  which 
caused  either  blondness  or  brunetteness  also  were  responsi- 
ble for  the  difference  in  the  characteristics  found  in  these 
two. 

In  recent  years  this  theory  has  been  worked  out  in 
greater  detail,  and  modern  writers  have  gone  so  far  in 
their  theorizing  as  to  state  that  the  degree  of  blondness 
and  brunetteness  will  change  in  accordance  with  a  change 
in  mental  processes  resulting  from  development.  This 
cannot  be  proved.  They  also  have  gone  so  far  as  to  say 
that  the  negro,  because  the  blackest  of  the  human  race, 
is  the  extreme  of  brunetteness,  and  the  albino  is  the  ex- 
treme of  blondness.  That  the  albino  is  the  extreme  of 
blondness  is  indisputable,  but  the  position  taken  that  the 
negro  shall  be  classed  as  the  extreme  of  brunetteness  is 


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untenable  and  absurd.  They  disprove  their  own  theory 
in  this,  as  can  be  easily  seen  by  referring  to  the  list  of 
brunette  qualities  given,  few,  if  any,  of  which  the  negro 
naturally  possesses,  certainly  not  in  extreme  degree.  It 
will  also  be  noted  that,  if  anything,  the  mental  processes 
and  the  excitability  of  a  negro  more  closely  resemble 
the  mind  action  of  the  blond.  Their  excitability  prob- 
ably arises  from  the  activity  of  the  secretory  systems 
which  are  so  strongly  developed  in  warm  climates.  All 
people  appear  to  be  more  excitable  during  warm 
weather. 

Since  the  analyses  of  thousands  of  cases  have  proved 
indisputably  that  in  general,  and  only  in  general,  the 
qualities  will  be  found  as  listed  in  blonds  and  brunettes, 
is  it  not  more  logical  and  reasonable  to  conclude  that  each 
inherits  a  certain  physiological  condition  which  is  the 
cause  of  the  blondness  and  brunetteness,  and  the  certain 
type  of  characteristics  which  accompany  these  colors, 
rather  than  that  the  characteristics  themselves  are  in- 
herited as  a  result  of  climatic  conditions  under  which 
their  antecedents  labored  centuries  ago? 

Therefore,  it  is  suggested  that  pigmentation  is  the 
result  of  a  physiological  condition  either  inherited  or 
developed;  that  the  functioning  of  the  assimilative, 
eliminative  and  secretory  processes  of  the  body  are 
directly  responsible  for  the  pigmentation,  and  that  the 
coloring  in  the  white  race  is  only  an  outward  evidence  of 
an  inside  condition. 


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That  in  the  blond  the  lymphatic  and  other  secretory 
systems,  assimilative  and  eliminative  functions  are  more 
active,  taking  from  the  system  too  much  of  some  elements 
and  so  depleting  the  blood  in  respect  to  these  elements  as 
to  force  the  heart  to  be  over-active  or  responsive,  and 
without  sufficiently  controlled  action.  In  other  words, 
the  blood  might  appear  to  be  over-thinned,  containing  too 
many  red  corpuscles  and  too  little  bile  salts. 

That  in  the  extreme  brunette  the  functioning  of  these 
systems  is  not  as  highly  developed,  and  the  excess  bile 
salts  and  other  elements  resulting  from  this  partially 
inactive  condition  will  make  the  blood  heavier  and  the 
heart  action  more  labored  and  less  responsive. 

It  has  already  been  proved  by  laboratory  test  that  the 
functioning  of  the  eliminative  system  is  directly  affected 
by  the  amount  of  bile  salts  in  the  blood,  and  that  the 
nerves  of  the  heart  which  regulate  its  slowness  or  quick- 
ness of  action  are  substantially  affected  by  the  properties 
of  the  bile  salts.  That  an  excess  of  bile  salts  will  materi- 
ally retard  the  heart  action  by  their  direct  effect  on  the 
heart  nerves.  It  is  proved  that  bile  salts  in  excess  make 
the  blood  thicker  and  heavier  and  therefore  harder  to 
pump  to  all  parts  of  the  body  and  have  direct  action  in 
slowing  the  circulation. 

It  has  also  been  proved  to  the  satisfaction  of  medical 
science  that  an  excess  of  bile  salts  in  the  blood,  of  itself, 
will  result  in  melancholic  tendencies  under  which  head 
may  be  classed  pessimism,  moodiness,  sullenness,  skepti- 


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cism,  irritability  and  ill  temper,  which,  as  have  been  shown, 
are  qualities  of  the  brunette. 

It  is  also  a  fact  that  one  of  the  chief  points  of  attack 
of  medical  science  in  treating  melancholia  is  to  increase 
the  functioning  of  the  assimilative  and  eliminative 
systems. 

It  is  also  found  that  the  brunette  is  usually  spare  of 
form,  but  that  in  the  brunette  races  that  have  strong 
assimilative,  lymphatic  and  secretory  systems,  and  there- 
fore active  eliminative  functioning  and  apparently  more 
than  usual  thyroid  activity,  the  usual  brunette  characteris- 
tics are  not  nearly  so  pronounced;  in  other  words  the 
activity  of  these  systems  increases  the  emotional 
tendencies,  and  therefore  the  flesh  growth,  which  seems 
to  counteract  to  quite  an  extent  the  effect  of  excess  bile 
salts  in  the  system,  and  to  the  same  extent  makes  the 
brunette  characteristics  less  marked. 

In  further  support  of  this  theory,  and  this  is  all  that 
is  claimed  for  it  until  proved  by  blood  and  other  physio- 
logical tests,  attention  is  called  to  these  facts : 

That  the  body  side  of  the  negro  or  the  emotional  side 
of  the  brunette,  when  brought  into  operation,  results  in 
a  far  stronger  odor  passing  through  the  skin  pores  than 
comes  from  the  blond. 

That  in  extreme  emotional  excitement  of  both  blonds 
and  brunettes  (particularly  noticeable  in  brunettes),  the 
pigmentation,  beneath  the  eyes,  on  the  rim  of  the  lips,  in 
the  vicinity  of  the  thyroid  gland,  under  the  arms  and  in 


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the  vicinity  of  all  centers  of  emotional  sensibility,  will 
materially  increase  and  remain  dark  (until  absorbed)  for 
some  time  after  the  excitement  has  subsided. 

That  the  drinking  of  water  in  large  quantities  is  always 
recommended  where  it  is  desired  to  increase  the  assimi- 
lative and  eliminative  functioning,  to  do  away  with  con- 
stipation, to  which  brunettes,  and  blonds  with  a  repressed 
nature,  are  particularly  heir. 

That  in  so  far  as  hot  or  cold  climate  has  to  do  with 
the  activity  or  inactivity  of  the  body,  it  is  responsible  for 
character,  because  it  results  in  healthy  action  of  these 
functions.  Inactivity  of  body,  brought  about  by  hot 
climates,  is  bound  to  mean  poor  digestion,  torpid  liver 
and  sluggish  eliminative  action,  and  body  activity  induced 
by  frigid  climate,  within  reason,  the  opposite.  Sluggish- 
ness in  these  functions  reacts  in  slowness  and  deliberation 
of  the  mind  and  body  action,  and  therefore  the  character- 
istics of  the  brunette.  Greater  rapidity  in  the  functioning 
of  these  systems  results  in  more  rapid  responses  of  mind 
and  body,  and  therefore  the  qualities  of  a  blond. 

If  such  theories  as  the  above  should  be  proved,  it  would 
appear  to  open  up  an  important  field  for  anticipatory  and 
corrective  medical  advice  and  treatment  during  the 
formative  period  of  children. 


CHAPTER   X 

NERVE  TENSION  AS  EVIDENCED  IN  THE  FACE 

Emotionalism,  largely  arising  from  a  physical  source 
and  causing  relaxation  of  control,  gives  the  face  structures 
a  loose  appearance,  whereas  intensity,  because  it  is  emo- 
tion controlled  by  mind,  expresses  itself  in  the  face  by 
tightening  and  tensing  the  face  muscles  and  cartilages. 

It  is  interesting  to  note  in  this  respect  that  there  appear 
to  be  two  entirely  different  types  of  nervousness.  There 
is  one  type  that  seems  to  result  from  allowing  the  emotions 
to  have  uncontrolled  sway.  They  like  the  artistic,  music, 
and  good  things  to  eat ;  they  blush  easily,  have  a  petulant 
kind  of  irritability,  are  fussy  and  hypercritical  in  their 
manner,  and  are  excitable  and  unreasonable  in  their 
attitudes.  Their  minds  seem  to  be  the  more  active  at 
night,  with  wild  imagination  and  planning.  They  have 
difficulty  in  going  to  sleep,  with  a  tendency  toward  having 
sleepless  nights.  They  make  started  outcry  at  every 
unexpected  happening. 

This  type  is  indicated  by  the  prominent  and  reflective 
forehead  and  blue  eye,  and  the  rims  of  the  eyelids  are 
often  red,  the  eye  with  surface  transparency  sometimes 

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appearing  to  fairly  pop  from  the  head.  The  structure 
beneath  the  eye  from  the  rim  of  the  lower  eyelid  extending 
downward,  will  usually  be  full  and  prominent  and  bright 
in  color.  The  heart  will  be  over-responsive,  the  lips  will 
naturally  be  moist  and  full,  but  will  be  parched,  with 
irregular  and  very  slightly  contracted  rim  lines  when  this 
nerve  tension  exists.  The  cheeks  and  the  body  will  be 
rounded,  the  nostril  will  nearly  always  be  dilated,  and 
usually  the  subject  will  be  what  is  termed  full-blooded. 

This  type  of  nervousness  appears  to  be  caused  by  trying 
to  hold  the  mind  too  strongly  to  a  certain  groove  which  is 
contrary  to  type,  and  an  over-development  of  the  secre- 
tory systems,  and  too  much  activity  of  the  thyroid  gland, 
all  of  which  will  result  in  increased  sense  appreciations, 
retarded  in  their  transmission  to  the  brain  centers. 

It  is  reasonable  to  suppose  that  the  increased  flesh 
growth  as  a  result  of  the  unusual  activity  of  this  system 
makes  the  nerve  and  the  heart  reactions,  in  so  far  as  the 
outer  surfaces  are  concerned,  slower  in  their  responses, 
and  therefore  results  in  the  creation  of  a  more  sensuous 
feeling.  Excess  play  upon  the  sensuous  side,  from  what- 
ever cause,  seems  to  multiply  as  well  as  coarsen  the 
lymphatic  glands,  and  results  in  an  overplus  of  fatty 
tissue,  which  in  some  way  seems  to  cause  an  irritating 
pressure  on  the  nerve  centers,  and  therefore  an  increasing 
nervousness  in  this  type. 

Lack  of  control  of  the  emotional  side,  and  consequent 
increased  activity  of  the  secretory  systems,  seems  to  be 


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at  the  bottom  of  this  condition ;  and  although  the  condi- 
tion may  continue  for  years,  it  apparently  does  not 
produce  any  definite  nervous  breakdown,  because  it  is  a 
superficial  thing  in  truth,  and  does  not  reach  the  vital 
centers. 

Because  women  by  nature  need  it,  they  are  apparently 
provided  with  more  active  secretory  systems,  specially 
brought  into  play  during  pregnancy,  which  becomes  more 
and  more  evident  by  the  increased  flesh  of  face  and  body. 
This  nervousness  and  excitability  are  also  particularly 
noticeable  in  most  women  immediately  before  and  during 
the  menstrual  period.  It  is  probably  because  of  these  con- 
stantly recurring,  hard-to-control  emotional  periods  that 
this  type  of  nervousness  is  more  often  found  in  women 
than  in  men,  and  are  the  cause  of  the  unreasonable  and 
exaggerated  viewpoint  so  often  taken  during  these  times 
of  increased  emotionalism. 

The  other  type  of  nervousness  seems  to  arise  from  too 
much  intensity,  and  an  over-exercise  of  the  conscious 
thinking  powers  in  deep  concentration  and  repeated 
centering  of  the  mental  forces  in  a  mind  of  large  calibre, 
or  from  worry  in  one  of  narrow  but  exceedingly  alert 
mental  equipment,  or  from  trying  to  put  out  of  existence 
some  of  the  natural  body  urges,  instead  of  controlling 
them  and  developing  other  and  legitimate  channels  for 
their  outlet,  and  thus  do  away  with  their  repression. 

Where  this  kind  of  nervousness  is  present  there  is 
usually  at  first  an  increasing  inward  irritability,  and  later 


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everybody  and  everything  seem  to  cause  irritation,  with 
a  growing  tendency  toward  frequent  outbursts  of  vivid 
temper  over  trifles.  The  natural  buoyancy  will  be  lost. 
The  subject  will  take  himself  and  others  too  seriously. 
As  the  irritability  increases,  he  will  have  a  tendency 
toward  ill  temper  and  resentments.  He  will  feel  sluggish 
in  the  morning,  and  most  likely  be  troubled  with  constipa- 
tion. He  will  miss  all  enjoyment  in  a  play  on  the  senses. 
He  will  eat  anything  without  noticing  what  it  is,  and 
without  pleasure. 

This  type  of  nervousness  will  be  found  where  there 
is  a  well  developed  mind,  good,  well  balanced  forehead  of 
its  kind,  with  evidence  that  the  reflective  mind  is  con- 
trolled by  the  perceptive.  Well  compressed  brow  showing 
heavy  muscle  development  which  has  been  drawn  down 
throughout  its  whole  width,  but  which  when  this  condi- 
tion exists  will  be  thrown  back  on  the  outer  corners.  This 
will  result  in  making  deep  wrinkles  over  the  outer  corners. 
Deep-set  dark  or  medium  colored  eye,  with  deep  trans- 
parency, raised  muscle  on  the  rim  of  the  lower  eyelid, 
with  a  whitened  puffiness  extending  down  toward  the 
cheek,  and  often  a  raised  spot  on  the  point  of  the  cheek 
which  will  pulsate  when  excitement  is  at  its  greatest. 

The  nostrils  in  one  of  narrow  calibre  will  appear  con- 
tracted and  tense,  and  the  cheeks  drawn  in.  In  one  of 
breadth  of  mental  scope  the  nostrils  will  be  sharply  cut  and 
frequently  distended;  the  upper  lip  will  be  straightened, 
the  lips  strongly  compressed,  with  the  rim  lines  irregular, 


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and  the  red  tissue  dark  in  color  and  cracked,  with  a 
parched  effect,  and  corners  drawn  down.  The  whole 
face  will  appear  to  be  unduly  tense,  hard  and  rigid,  lacking 
in  flexibility,  and  the  face  and  body  will  be  thin. 

This  condition  usually  arises  in  one  that  is  medium  or 
dark  of  skin  coloring,  and  appears  to  be  caused  by  over- 
close  mental  application  and  too  rigid  a  control  over  the 
emotional  side  without  enough  of  relaxation.  As  he  has 
no  sense  appreciation,  there  will  be  no  soothing  influence 
and  slowing  down  by  the  sensuous  side.  The  nerve  side 
is  constantly  held  tense  in  conscious  mind  application,  with 
a  growing  tendency  toward  tensity  during  sleep  at  night. 
The  decreased  action  of  the  lymphatic  secretory  and 
eliminative  systems  seems  to  bring  the  nervous  system  to 
a  too  acute  degree  of  activity,  without  anything  to  bring 
in  relaxation  as  a  compensating  factor,  and  the  nerves 
literally  appear  to  become  ragged  and  approach  too  close 
to  the  surface,  recording  every  impression  with  too  great 
speed  and  alertness.  The  increased  degree  of  bile  salts 
in  the  blood,  and  its  slowing  effect  on  the  heart  action, 
increases  the  tension  and  irritability,  and  aggravates  the 
nerve  condition  which  brings  on  moodiness,  sullenness 
and  all  the  qualities  that  go  with  dark  coloring. 

If  the  conditions  which  cause  this  kind  of  nervousness 
are  persisted  in,  absolute  nervous  breakdown  will  result, 
which  will  entirely  incapacitate  the  subject  for  years,  and 
even  cause  entire  loss  of  memory  and  body  control. 

In  this  last  type  of  nervousness  it  would  appear  that  the 


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described  condition  starts  with  the  nervous  system,  and 
reacts  on  the  heart  action,  whereas  in  the  first  mentioned 
type  of  nervousness  it  seems  to  start  from  the  heart  side 
and  react  on  the  nerves. 

Nervous  prostration  brought  about  by  the  latter  con- 
dition nearly  always  requires  that  the  unlucky  one  shall 
seek  work  of  an  entirely  different  character,  usually 
outside  work  and  consequently  mental  relaxation.  If  the 
work  is  changed  it  is  evident  in  the  face  at  once  to  the 
trained  observer. 

It  would  also  seem  that  both  types  of  nervousness  are 
affected  directly  by  heart  action,  but  in  a  different  manner. 
Where  there  is  an  excess  of  bile  salts,  as  has  been  shown, 
the  circulation  and  the  heart  actions  are  retarded.  Where 
there  is  excess  emotionalism,  and  the  body  becomes  en- 
cumbered with  fat,  it  is  reasonable  to  suppose  that  the 
heart  and  vital  organs  also  become  so  encumbered;  and 
therefore  it  takes  greater  effort  for  the  weakened  heart  to 
pump  the  blood,  and  when  called  upon  suddenly  to  make 
the  effort  finds  it  impossible  to  respond  because  of  lessened 
efficiency. 


CHAPTER  XI 

MASCULINE  VERSUS  FEMININE 

In  making  a  character  analysis,  it  is  important  to 
remember  the  close  dividing  line  there  is  between  sexes. 
There  are  traits  which  have  grown  to  be  considered  as 
strictly  masculine,  and  those  that  are  always  designated 
as  purely  feminine,  but  men  and  women  are  seldom 
wholly  either  masculine  or  feminine  in  inclination. 
Although  one  may  be  fashioned  as  a  man,  his  face  will 
often  plainly  indicate  that  in  mental  quality  and  bodily 
tendency  he  is  more  feminine  than  masculine,  and  the 
reverse  may  apply  equally  to  woman. 

Just  to  the  extent  that  a  man  has  feminine  quality 
shown  in  the  face,  to  that  extent  will  he  display  woman's 
manner  of  thought  and  action;  and  the  reverse  is  true  of 
woman. 

The  truly  masculine  facial  and  body  indications  are 
as  follows  :  medium  to  full  neck  and  back  head,  tending  to 
be  medium  to  broad  in  structure  through  from  the  ear  on 
one  side  of  the  head  to  the  ear  on  the  other,  showing 
physical  and  animal  strength.  Ears  are  large  and  vigorous 
in  the  way  in  which  they  stand  out  from  the  head.    The 

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forehead  is  slightly  to  greatly  receding,  either  well 
balanced  from  the  standpoint  of  reflection  and  perception, 
or  else  strongly  perceptive.  This  with  other  indications 
will  evidence  either  good  planning  ability  with  desire  to 
capitalize  the  plan,  or  constant  expenditure  of  bodily 
energy  in  action,  without  proper  direction. 

Heavy  brow,  both  muscular  as  well  as  hair  growth, 
broad  in  its  structure  and  strongly  compressed,  indicating 
conscious  thinking  powers  to  direct  reasoning  and  a 
virile,  intense  physical  side,  with  magnetic  personality. 

Medium  prominent  to  deep-set  eye,  decidedly  com- 
pressed and  partly  closed  at  all  times  by  development  of 
the  surrounding  muscle  structure ;  or  the  eye  very  promi- 
nent. The  first  shows  the  application  of  thought  in 
direction  of  the  forces.  The  latter  tends  to  indicate 
relaxation  as  a  result  of  body  excess. 

Nose  broad  in  form  and  from  medium  to  large  in  size, 
with  vigorous  nostrils,  indicating  strong  lung  and  heart 
action  and  active  energy  of  mind  and  body. 

Long  upper  lip,  showing  tenacity  of  purpose,  with 
medium  to  large  mouth  with  lips  medium  to  full  in  form, 
ranging  from  strongly  compressed  to  greatly  relaxed  or 
almost  formless,  showing  degree  of  application  of  mind 
or  lack  of  it  in  the  direction  of  the  body  forces.  Good, 
strong,  broad  chin,  either  perpendicular  or  protruding, 
and  jaws  wide  at  the  angle,  with  full  cheeks,  indicating 
body  staying  power,  obstinacy,  animal  force  and  good 
recuperative   power.      Ball   of   chin   vigorous,    showing 


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good  muscle  development,  indicating  active  enthusiasm 
intensely  applied  in  all  directions. 

The  skin  solid  in  appearance  and  of  medium  to  coarse 
in  quality,  strong  to  heavy  body  hair  growth,  with  hair 
from  medium  to  coarse  in  quality.  Body  muscles  and 
bones  medium  to  strong  in  structure,  with  medium  to 
large  hands  and  feet. 

The  purely  feminine  facial  and  body  indications  are 
medium  to  very  light  neck,  and  back  head  formation, 
inclined  to  be  narrow  in  structure  at  this  point,  indicating 
strong  tendency  toward  the  intellectual  rather  than  the 
physical.  Full  middle  back  head  above  high  nape  line  of 
the  neck  is  considered  a  sign  of  great  love  of  home  and 
home  surroundings.  Head  from  medium  to  narrow  in 
structure,  with  ear  delicate  in  form,  small  and  close  to  the 
head,  all  indicative  of  conservatism  in  all  lines. 

The  forehead  more  prominent  in  the  reflective  than  in 
the  perceptive  region,  showing  high  ideals  which  are 
abstract  and  come  from  reflection.  The  desire  to  dwell  in 
the  imaginative  and  emotional,  rather  than  to  use  the  con- 
scious thinking  powers.  They  rely  upon  intuition  instead 
of  reasoning.  Brow  light  in  form,  and  only  slightly  com- 
pressed, with  little  muscular  development  and  a  tendency 
to  be  thrown  back  and  arched.  There  will  be  light  hair 
structure,  often  indicating  delicate  constitution  and  refine- 
ment of  taste. 

A  full  eye,  with  large  dilating  pupil  that  is  either 
medium,  deep-set  to  prominent,  with  mild  compression  of 


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surrounding  muscle  structures,  is  an  evidence  of  sensitive- 
ness and  coolly  deliberate  thought. 

The  wide-open  eye,  with  no  compression  nor  develop- 
ment surrounding,  indicates  the  wholly  imaginative  and 
reflective  mind. 

The  nose  light  and  delicate  in  formation,  finely  cut 
nostrils,  or  retrousse,  shows  only  medium  body  activity 
and  energy,  with  a  fineness  in  perception  and  in  distin- 
guishing relative  values  in  things  that  belong  to  the 
esthetic. 

Medium  to  short  upper  lip,  with  mouth  medium  to 
small  in  size,  even  in  form,  with  lips  neither  thick  in 
structure  nor  protruding,  but  of  bright  red  color  and 
finely  sensitive  in  texture,  gives  evidence  of  a  discretion  in 
the  application  of  body  force,  and  shows  pure  affection  as 
aside  from  any  other  characteristic  of  similar  nature. 

The  chin  and  jaw  light  in  form,  chin  receding  and  tend- 
ing to  be  pointed  or  gently  rounded  in  structure,  with 
more  of  flesh  than  muscle,  indicates  lack  of  obstinacy, 
but  not  lack  of  will,  for  will  is  a  quality  of  mind. 

The  skin  will  be  soft  in  texture  and  finely  knit,  the  hair 
growth  will  tend  to  be  fine  in  quality,  the  bone  and  muscle 
structures  will  be  light  and  the  body  rounded  in  form. 

It  is  well  before  making  an  analysis  to  sum  up  quickly 
the  differences  of  face  structure,  and  determine  whether 
the  subject  is  more  masculine  than  feminine  in  make-up, 
or  vice  versa.  Take  note  whether  it  is  the  upper  or  lower 
face  that  is  dominantly  masculine  or  feminine  before  mak- 


Masculine  versus  Feminine  105 

ing  your  decision.  The  upper  face  will  give  you  the 
mind  quality,  the  lower  face  the  body  strength. 

Full  outline  of  the  character  qualities  that  accompany 
the  formation  of  features  mentioned  is  here  unnecessary, 
as  the  former  work  of  the  author  covers  them  in  full.1 

Opinion  as  to  what  woman  should  be  and  do  has  under- 
gone decided  change  during  the  last  twenty-five  years,  and 
it  is  likely  that  opinion  will  also  change  as  to  what  are 
truly  feminine  characteristics  and  what  masculine,  and 
with  that  change  will  come  a  corresponding  change  as  to 
what  may  legitimately  be  called  manly  or  womanly  fea- 
tures. 

Until  the  present  general  opinion  has  changed,  it  is 
necessary  to  think  of  women  as  defensive  in  character, 
whereas  men  are  supposed  to  have  the  type  of  courage 
that  is  offensive.  This  gives  to  them  the  power  to  fight 
for  their  rights,  initiative,  originality  and  all  the  qualities, 
mental  and  physical,  that  develop  as  a  result  of  active, 
daily  contest  with  others  of  their  kind. 

Women's  activities  have  undoubtedly  greatly  changed 
within  the  last  years,  and  both  their  minds  and  bodies  are 
slowly  undergoing  a  corresponding  change,  but  the  struc- 
tural changes  must  necessarily  be  slower  than  the  change 
in  mental  attitude. 

1  Character  Reading  Through  Analysis  of  the  Features. 


CHAPTER  XII 

HOW  TO   ANALYZE  A   CHARACTER 

It  is  important  in  the  application  of  the  knowledge  of 
human  nature  that  real  breadth  of  reasoning  shall  be 
shown.  It  is  not  a  subject  that  can  be  treated  lightly  or 
as  a  plaything,  for  judgments  rendered  without  mature 
thought  may  cause  infinite  harm. 

The  saying,  "a  little  knowledge  is  a  fruitful  source  of 
evil"  has  very  definite  application  in  the  use  of  this  subject. 
It  must  only  be  used  by  those  who  have  a  trained  mind 
with  which  to  grasp,  not  only  the  character  signs,  but  also 
the  underlying  principles  which  produce  those  signs. 
Common  sense  applied  in  the  analysis  of  human  nature 
will  soon  do  away  with  the  discredit  with  which  some  are 
prone  to  regard  the  subject. 

Just  as  the  singer  must  add  to  his  natural  talent  and 
voice  the  technique  gained  by  hard  work  if  he  wishes  to 
become  an  artist,  so  must  the  student  of  human  nature 
add,  to  his  naturally  good  judgment  in  relation  to  people, 
a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  foundation  principles  of 
character  and  make  a  habit  of  their  application. 

Certain  laws  of  psychology  and  physiology,  and  their 

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How  to  Analyze  a  Character  107 

reactions  on  the  head  and  face,  must  be  understood  and 
applied  in  judging  both  the  natural  structures  of  the  head 
and  face,  as  well  as  the  developments  which  have  come 
with  time,  so  that  both  the  inherent  qualities  and  the 
present  characteristics  may  be  accurately  judged. 

In  other  words,  although  it  is  important  to  know  what 
a  man  might  have  been  had  he  followed  his  natural  trend, 
it  is  still  more  important  to  know  whether  his  forces  have 
been  developed  to  their  best  degree  of  efficiency,  or 
whether  he  has  allowed  himself  to  take  the  course  of  least 
resistance,  and  instead  of  overcoming  weakness  he  has 
allowed  himself  to  become  even  weaker. 

Just  as  an  efficiency  engineer,  because  of  his  perspective, 
which  his  employer  lacks,  is  able  to  find  leaks  and  suggest 
methods  for  added  efficiency  which  will  save  the  business 
owner  thousands  of  dollars,  so  can  the  properly  trained 
character  analyst  more  truly  outline  the  character  qualities 
of  a  subject.  The  person  himself  is  likely  to  either  over- 
or  under-estimate  his  own  qualities  because  he  lacks  per- 
spective. 

The  action  of  the  mind  and  body  upon  the  muscles  of 
the  face  of  each  one  is  exactly  the  same,  and  the  perma- 
nent effect  is  only  a  matter  of  degree  regulated  by  the 
fineness  or  coarseness,  energy  or  lack  of  energy,  of  the 
whole  organism  of  the  subject.  In  this  regard  it  must  be 
noted  whether  the  mind  or  the  body  reactions  are  domi- 
nant within  the  person. 

If  the  mind  action  is  the  stronger,  the  psychological 


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effects  will  register  their  reactions  upon  the  head  and  face 
the  more  firmly;  if  the  body  and  its  functions  are  the  more 
active,  then  the  physiological  effects  upon  head  and  face 
will  be  the  more  marked. 

Character  analysis  is  three-fold  in  its  application : 

First,  it  should  be  used  as  a  means  for  personal  analysis. 
It  will  give  one  a  basis  of  comparison  as  to  one's  relative 
strength  or  weakness,  and  will  give  a  groundwork  upon 
which  to  build  character. 

Second,  it  should  be  used  to  harmonize  your  relations 
with  others  by  giving  a  greater  insight  into  their  char- 
acters, and  it  will  give  you  the  power  to  handle  others 
successfully. 

Third,  after  years  of  study  and  application  of  this 
subject,  it  may  be  used  successfully  in  the  analysis  of 
others. 

It  is  of  utmost  importance  that  each  one  realize  that 
this  stage  cannot  be  reached  by  work  along  this  one 
branch  of  endeavor,  but  must  be  coupled  with  a  definitely 
trained  mind  that  is  accurate  and  logical  in  analysis,  in 
order  that  the  findings  may  be  stated  clearly  and  with 
positiveness. 

The  statement  of  a  conclusion  should  be  placed  in 
writing,  as  a  written  decision  will  be  more  carefully  given 
than  the  verbal  one,  and  no  judgment  should  be  rendered 
unless  sufficiently  considered  to  warrant  permanent  record. 

The  relative  importance  of  natural  structures  and  de- 
velopments, must  be  weighed  carefully  by  the  one  making 


How  to  Analyze  a  Character  109 

the  analysis.  If  the  natural  structures  are  strong  in  their 
evidence  and  the  developments  minor  in  their  degree,  the 
natural  structures  control.  If  the  developments  are  very 
vigorously  shown,  as  contrary  to  type,  then  the  develop- 
ments will  control,  but  it  must  always  be  remembered  that 
under  certain  conditions  where  characteristics  are  wholly 
developed  there  is  a  tendency  to  recur  to  natural  con- 
ditions. 

The  prime  object  in  making  an  analysis  of  his  character 
is  to  help  the  one  that  is  analyzed,  and  therefore  the  work 
must  be  done  with  a  kindly  spirit,  with  the  desire  to  gain 
the  confidence  of  the  subject.  To  obtain  this  end  it  has 
been  found  the  best  practice  to  "high-light"  the  positive 
qualities  and  in  a  sense  subordinate  the  negative  side  by 
showing  the  cause  for  these  qualities.  After  the  analysis 
has  been  thus  dictated,  while  the  subject  is  still  present,  a 
constructive  criticism  should  be  dictated  at  the  same  time, 
and  in  this  the  negatives  should  be  made  to  stand  out  defi- 
nitely, and  a  concrete  means  suggested  for  overcoming 
them. 

In  giving  this  advice  the  cause  for  the  faults  must 
be  held  in  mind,  for  this  must  be  the  chief  point  of  attack 
in  overcoming  them. 

It  is  seldom  that  the  same  weakness  will  arise  from 
the  same  combination  of  causes,  and  therefore  each  case 
must  be  treated  individually  from  the  standpoint  of  cor- 
rective advice. 

In  making  the  constructive  criticism  do  not  fail  to  recog- 


no  Character  Revelations 

nize  the  over-development  of  qualities  and  comment  upon 
them  with  equal  stress  as  upon  the  negative  and  unde- 
veloped characteristics,  for  positive  qualities  over-devel- 
oped become  negative  in  their  reaction. 

Also  in  making  the  constructive  criticism  it  is  impor- 
tant, if  the  subject  is  to  enter  any  particular  field,  that  the 
suggestions  be  made  with  this  end  in  view. 

For  instance,  if  the  subject  is  entering  the  field  of  either 
art  or  music,  it  would  be  wrong  to  advise  that  he  develop 
a  larger  degree  of  concentration,  perceptive  judgment  or 
penetration  of  eye.  The  tenseness  of  such  development 
would  be  contrary  to  his  needs,  as  he  must  of  necessity 
keep  his  sense,  imaginative  and  reflective  side  the  more 
active  if  he  is  to  be  successful.  Whereas,  if  the  subject 
intends  entering  the  business  world,  conscious  thinking 
qualities  could  not  be  developed  in  too  great  a  degree. 

Suggestions  for  both  mind  and  body  building  should 
be  included,  for  it  is  recognized  that  many  bodily  ailments 
originate  in  the  mind,  and  vice  versa. 

Opportunity  is  a  thing  that  does  not  come  knocking 
at  one's  door,  as  has  often  been  said,  but  arises  from 
within,  for  unless  we  fit  ourselves  to  grasp  advancement 
when  it  is  offered,  it  fails  to  be  an  opportunity  for  us. 
We  must  fit  ourselves  for  opportunity  or  we  cannot  seize 
it  and  hold  it  when  presented.  Each  one  must  stand  upon 
his  own  feet  in  working  out  the  advice  given,  for  it  is  he 
alone  that  can  rebuild  his  own  character. 

The  analyst  should  guard  against  looseness  in  wording, 


How  to  Analyze  a  Character  in 

in  describing  the  character  quality,  in  stating  the  manner 
in  which  it  operates,  and  in  designating  the  relative  degree 
of  the  quality.  Although  much  closer  judgment  can  be 
made,  for  general  purposes  the  use  of  the  words  "poor," 
"fair,"  "good"  and  "fine"  give  a  close  enough  signification 
of  degree. 

After  a  careful  summing  up  of  the  qualities  of  the 
subject,  particularly  noting  the  degree  of  temperamental 
bias  of  the  mental  and  the  physical  forces,  and  after  ask- 
ing the  past  experience,  the  educational  advantages,  and 
the  responsibilities  of  the  subject,  then  suggestions  may 
intelligently  be  made  in  regard  to  vocational  adaptability. 

The  suggestions  as  to  vocation  should  be  considered 
wholly  as  suggestions,  and  not  as  dictation,  for  the  subject 
must  himself  finally  decide  upon  his  life's  career  and  throw 
his  whole  effort  toward  its  accomplishment. 

Each  analyst  will  develop  his  or  her  own  method  of 
procedure  in  making  an  analysis,  but  for  the  benefit  of 
students  a  much  used  and  successful  plan  will  probably  be 
acceptable. 

All  the  important  character  qualities  should  be  listed  and 
kept  definitely  before  one,  and  as  each  is  presented  to  the 
mind  a  decision  must  be  made  as  to  whether  the  quality 
is  present,  and  if  so,  to  what  extent  it  will  react  on  other 
kindred  qualities.  If  a  character  quality  is  absent,  the 
analyst  should  determine  why,  and  find  out  if  there  are 
not  compensating  characteristics  that  will  to  a  degree  take 
the  place  of  the  one  absent. 


H2  Character  Revelations 

It  is  best  not  to  question  the  subject  before  the  analysis, 
so  that  the  findings  may  be  wholly  from  the  facial  record. 
The  subject  should  be  seated  about  four  to  five  feet  away, 
where  the  light  will  come  from  behind  the  analyst  and 
shine  directly  upon  the  subject. 

First  ask  the  subject  to  sit  so  that  you  may  be  able  to 
compare  the  profile  with  the  back  head ;  then  concentrate 
your  mind  and  eye,  first,  on  the  back  head,  then  on  the  pro- 
file and  then  on  both  together.  Make  your  concentration 
an  alert  power  and  leave  your  mind  open  to  receive  sense 
impressions  as  to  the  leading  character  qualities  in  the 
man,  whether  he  is  compressed  and  expanded,  or  con- 
tracted and  repressed;  whether  he  is  reflective  or  per- 
ceptive in  type;  and  then  check  these  sense  impressions 
with  the  different  character  indications  which  must  be 
present  if  your  impressions  are  correct.  This  sense 
perception  is  a  thing  to  be  cultivated. 

While  he  is  in  this  position,  by  considering  the  neck  and 
proportions  of  the  lower  brain  in  correlation  with  the 
brow  and  mouth  developments,  the  degree  of  balance  of 
mental  and  physical  force  can  be  decided.  The  weight  of 
bone  structure  may  be  judged  by  observing  the  angle  of 
the  jaw  and  chin,  the  positiveness  of  the  brow  and  nose; 
and  the  degree  of  elasticity  of  the  muscle  structure  may 
be  judged  by  noting  the  firmness  of  the  neck,  throat  and 
face  muscles,  while  the  eyebrow  and,  if  exposed,  the 
arm,  will  indicate  the  character  of  the  hair  growth  of  the 
subject. 


How  to  Analyze  a  Character  113 

The  degree  of  color  should  then  be  properly  gauged, 
taking  into  consideration  the  three  points  mentioned  in  the 
chapter  on  "Color." 

The  quality  of  the  subject  must  then  be  decided  and 
this  should  have  really  careful  consideration,  for  accord- 
ing to  this  decision  must  all  your  after  judgments  be 
regulated.  See  the  chapter  "Heredity  versus  Environ- 
ment." 

While  the  subject  is  still  in  this  position  decision  should 
be  made  as  to  the  degree  of  social  instinct  that  is  present. 
This  can  be  decided  by  taking  note  of  the  neck  and  back 
head,  and  comparing  it  with  the  eye,  nose,  mouth  and 
chin,  for  if  these  all  indicate  a  vigorous  body  side  the 
social  instincts  will  be  strong.  If  these  qualities  are  in 
harmony  with  a  well-developed  mind  (indicated  by  fore- 
head, brow,  nose  and  mouth  being  compressed,  and  ex- 
panded) he  will  show  judgment  in  his  social  relations.  If 
the  neck  and  back  head  are  cramped  in  form,  and  the 
forehead  and  features  are  the  same,  the  subject  will  be 
self-centered  and  narrow  in  his  relationship  with  people. 

The  mouth  probably  best  indicates  at  a  quick  glance 
whether  the  subject  is  inclined  toward  compression  or 
contraction,  with  their  accompanying  characteristics,  and 
this  question  should  be  decided  early  in  the  analysis  and 
confirmed  by  examination  of  the  other  features. 

If  the  subject  is  broad  of  head,  with  plenty  of  physi- 
cal strength,  glance  at  the  eye  and  mouth  to  see  if  the 
emotions  are  well  in  control,  and  then  decide  whether 


H4  Character  Revelations 

the  body  strength  is  well  directed  or  objectionably  ag- 
gressive. 

Note  how  well  balanced  is  the  structure  of  the  head  and 
compare  that  with  the  compression  of  the  features  of  the 
face.  In  this  case  take  color  into  consideration,  and  you 
can  determine  the  firmness  of  the  character  and  the  tena- 
city of  purpose.  Then  ask  the  subject  to  turn  his  full 
face  toward  you.  Judge  from  the  height  of  the  forehead, 
in  harmony  with  development  of  the  outer  corner  of  the 
brow,  the  degree  of  moral  perception  that  is  likely  to  be 
present.  If  the  brow  is  narrow  the  subject  is  likely  to  be 
more  particular  in  regard  to  details. 

If  the  head  is  rather  narrow,  with  good  body  strength, 
but  the  features,  including  the  mouth,  are  contracted,  he 
will  tend  to  be  egotistical,  have  an  over-degree  of  self- 
esteem,  and  will  be  strong  in  continuity  of  purpose.  If  the 
head  is  broad  and  the  features  full,  with  a  tendency  toward 
looseness,  then  he  will  care  over-much  for  and  be  depend- 
ent upon  approbation. 

The  degree  of  constructive  ability  should  then  be  de- 
termined by  noting  the  development  of  the  forward  side 
head.  Decide  whether  these  powers  should  find  their  out- 
let through  mental  or  physical  channels,  and  take  into 
consideration  the  social  side,  as  it  directly  reflects  on  this 
decision. 

If  the  constructive  ability  is  coupled  with  strongly 
developed  mind,  it  will  prove  itself  in  organization 
work.     If  it  is  associated  with  strong  body  side,  its  out- 


How  to  Analyze  a  Character  115 

let  will  be  through  actual  building  or  in  mechanical  con- 
struction. 

If  there  is  a  broad  head  and  a  fair  degree  of  compres- 
sion and  expansion  in  the  face,  caution  will  be  found  in 
the  nature.  If  the  head  is  narrow,  and  mouth  and 
brow  are  contracted,  with  the  other  signs  of  self- 
center,  the  subject  will  be  ultra-conservative  instead  of 
cautious. 

Remember  carefully  the  head  structures  and  consider 
the  balance  of  their  formation  in  correlating  the  character 
indications  of  the  other  features.  Reason  closely  the 
relative  values  of  the  forehead  and  face  muscles,  consider 
carefully  the  brow  development  from  every  viewpoint, 
and  weigh  what  you  find  with  what  is  shown  in  the  nose, 
mouth  and  chin.  Decide  whether  the  face  is  compressed 
or  contracted,  and  compare  the  upper  and  lower  half  of 
the  face  to  be  sure  whether  there  is  mental  decision  fol- 
lowed by  body  action. 

Remember  all  the  qualities  that  are  to  be  found  in  the 
brow,  and  carefully  gauge  the  relative  degree  of  com- 
pression, contraction  or  relaxation. 

Take  into  account  the  closeness  or  distance  between  the 
eyebrow  and  eye,  and  see  if  the  same  character  of  reaction 
has  been  brought  to  bear  on  the  lower  face. 

Study  the  structures  surrounding  the  eye,  and  look  for 
definite  qualities  that  should  be  found,  such  as  degree  of 
concentration  of  mind,  and  see  if  there  is  equal  concentra- 
tion of  body  power  shown  in  the  mouth;  see  if  the  eye 


n6  Character  Revelations 

shows  ability  to  observe,  and  the  kind  of  visual  memory, 
the  kind  of  mental  decisiveness,  the  degree  of  power  to 
analyze,  the  degree  of  penetration  of  eye  and  whether  the 
eye  shows  emotion  or  intensity. 

Study  the  nose  with  care,  and  gather  therefrom  the 
kind  of  energy,  the  degree  of  sensitiveness,  the  type  of 
aggressiveness,  and  courage,  that  will  be  found.  Each 
of  these  judgments  must  be  regulated  by  the  indications 
found  in  the  eye  and  the  mouth. 

It  is  needless  to  further  outline  how  an  analysis  should 
be  conducted,  for  the  analyst  must  be  capable  of  treating 
each  subject  as  an  individual  problem  or  he  is  not  com- 
petent to  be  an  analyst.  There  are  as  many  variations  in 
combinations  of  character  qualities  as  there  are  combina- 
tions of  features — and  there  are  countless  thousands.  The 
most  important  thing  for  an  analyst  to  master  is  not  the 
character  indications,  but  the  common  sense  reasons  for 
their  appearance,  for  if  the  basic  laws  are  made  a  part  of 
one,  the  rest  will  be  easy. 

To  do  this  work  successfully  this  whole  subject  must 
become  part  of  one,  so  that  the  mind  thinks  its  own 
thoughts  in  its  own  way  in  regard  to  each  character  indi- 
cation. 

Correlation  of  the  evidence  contained  in  all  the  features, 
both  natural  structure  and  their  development,  is  of  para- 
mount importance  if  the  characteristics  and  their  correct 
degree  are  to  be  decided  upon.  It  is  only  through  making 
such  correlations  that  the  cause  for  the  conditions  which 


How  to  Analyze  a  Character  117 

are  found  can  be  correctly  ascertained,  and  until  the  cause 
is  known  a  remedy  cannot  be  recommended. 

For  instance,  one  man  constantly  depreciates  his  own 
qualities  because  (as  indicated  by  insufficient  back  head 
structure,  pale  skin,  contracted  brow  but  little  compressed, 
lack  of  eye  strength,  thin  nose  with  drawn-in  nostril,  thin 
lips,  light  chin  structure,  and  hollow  cheeks)  he  has  had 
the  handicap  of  a  weak  constitution,  and  he  has  feared  to 
meet  others  in  either  mental  or  physical  contest ;  whereas 
another  man  of  good  mind  and  bodily  strength  (as  indi- 
cated by  a  well-balanced  head,  firmly  muscled  face  and 
body,  nicely  compressed  brow,  deep-set,  clear  eye,  strong 
but  sensitive  nose,  good  full  even  lips,  but  not  greatly 
compressed,  and  the  eye,  nose  and  mouth  showing  their 
great  sensitiveness)  does  the  same  thing  because  during 
his  early  training  he  has  been  overruled  by  those  of  domi- 
neering character.  In  this  latter  case  the  subconscious 
effect  in  after  years  has  been  to  make  him  diffident  and 
lacking  in  self-confidence;  although  he  has  a  decisive 
mind,  he  does  not  dare  to  express  himself,  either  by  word 
or  action. 

The  remedy  for  the  first  man  is  body  building  under 
competent  direction  and  positive  auto-suggestions,  whereas 
in  the  other  case  the  mental  attitude  must  first  be  cor- 
rected, and  then  such  exercise  as  handball,  basketball  and 
tennis,  must  be  done  to  loosen  up  his  whole  contact  with 
people,  that  he  may  forget  himself  in  his  interest  in  doing 
other  things. 


n8  Character  Revelations 

This  is  one  illustration  where  hundreds  might  be 
given,  but  its  purpose  is  purely  to  emphasize  the  impor- 
tance of  proper  correlation  which  will  lead  to  the  discovery 
of  the  cause  of  the  negatives  that  must  be  corrected  to 
produce  the  longed  for  balance  which  means  power. 

The  word  "correlation"  as  applied  to  character  reading 
is  made  readily  understandable  by  a  clever  comparison 
suggested  by  a  student  in  one  of  the  author's  classes.  It 
made  the  question  so  clear  and  proved  so  helpful  that  it 
is  worthy  of  repetition. 

The  musician  strikes  a  chord  upon  the  piano.  He  does 
it  with  his  subconscious  mind  guiding  his  fingers,  without 
direction  by  conscious  thinking.  He  has  learned  the  prac- 
tical application  of  harmony  and  it  has  become  a  habit 
with  him.  He  strikes  chords  of  many  tones,  and  can  do 
it  in  any  key. 

Just  so  in  character  analysis.  Once  make  a  quick  recog- 
nition of  the  meaning  of  each  structure  indicating  a  habit, 
and  then  without  conscious  thought  a  composite  sense 
perception  made  up  of  a  combination  of  many  character 
indications  in  the  face  will  be  derived  from  the  subcon- 
scious. 

Just  as  the  subconscious  will  be  correct  in  producing 
harmony  of  tone,  so,  if  properly  trained,  will  it  be  unerr- 
ing in  its  sense  perceptions  of  character;  and  just  as  the 
conscious  mind  can  check  back  the  notes  touched  by  each 
finger  to  correct  a  dischord,  so  can  the  trained  conscious 
mind  check  back  the  character  indications  which  have 


How  to  Analyze  a  Character  119 

given  the  sense  perception  and  find  what  evidence  is  con- 
tradictory if  the  senses  report  that  contradiction  is  present. 
The  evidence  may  then  be  weighed  and  a  correct  con- 
clusion formed. 

Just  as  there  are  many  keys,  so  are  there  many  combi- 
nations of  features,  but  correctly  trained,  and  with  prac- 
tice, the  subconscious  will  become  accurate  in  its  sense 
judgments. 

Where  it  is  desired  to  make  an  analysis  from  a  picture, 
there  are  a  few  things  must  be  taken  into  consideration 
if  a  correct  analysis  is  to  be  given. 

That  sharp  lines  in  the  face  are  the  evidence  of  charac- 
ter, and  that  indefiniteness  of  feature  indicates  coarseness, 
therefore  it  is  important  that  you  make  sure  that  the  pic- 
ture of  the  subject  is  properly  focused,  for  this  fact  is 
likely  to  influence  your  judgments. 

Also  remember  that  a  photograph  is  always  retouched, 
and  that  in  making  an  analysis  of  the  face  developments 
a  slight  stroke  of  the  retoucher's  pencil  may  make  a  very 
considerable  difference  in  the  degree  of  evidence  in  regard 
to  a  developed  characteristic. 

It  is  also  well  to  remember  that  there  are  few  people 
who  are  natural  when  pictures  are  being  taken,  but  the 
true  analyst  will  easily  distinguish  between  the  natural  ex- 
pression and  the  effects  of  a  pose,  whether  the  pose  be  in- 
tentional or  the  result  of  self-consciousness. 

In  making  suggestions  as  to  a  vocation  it  is  important 
that   after  careful  analysis  the   subject's  chief   abilities 


120  Character  Revelations 

should  be  decided  upon.  The  strongest  trend  should 
receive  first  attention,  and  the  other  abilities  should  be 
considered  in  the  order  of  their  apparent  prominence. 

Other  things  being  equal  (such  as  educational  advan- 
tages, training,  etc.),  the  vocations  in  which  the  subject 
can  use  his  strongest  trend,  and  the  greatest  number  of 
his  supporting  abilities,  should  be  suggested,  and  it  is 
well  to  give  additional  suggestions  in  the  order  in  which 
they  appear  as  specially  applicable  to  his  case.  It  is  well 
to  give  the  reasons  as  to  why  these  suggestions  are  made, 
and  state  the  combination  of  qualities  that  will  be  brought 
into  use  in  the  suggested  vocation. 

It  is  always  more  dangerous  and  far  more  difficult  to 
suggest  a  vocation  to  the  one  of  many  abilities  than  it 
is  to  the  one  of  only  one  dominant  quality,  and  the  man  of 
many  abilities  is  far  more  apt  to  be  a  drifter  than  the 
man  of  but  one  ability,  as  he  constantly  has  the  urge  to 
try  some  other  means  of  obtaining  a  livelihood. 

A  few  suggestions  in  making  the  analysis  of  all  the 
members  of  an  executive  and  sales  force  for  a  going 
concern  may  not  be  amiss. 

The  work  should  be  made  a  builder  of  morale  as  well 
as  to  give  the  chief  executive  detailed  information  as  to 
the  strength,  weakness  and  possibilities  of  his  organi- 
zation. 

It  has  often  been  found  advisable  to  call  together  in  a 
group  the  ones  to  be  analyzed,  and  explain  to  them  the 
importance  to  each  individual  of  a  correct  inventory  of 


How  to  Analyze  a  Character  121 

their  character  qualities,  that  they  may  at  once  begin  to 
build  themselves  to  obtain  maximum  results  from  their 
efforts. 

Two  copies  of  each  analysis  should  be  made,  one  for 
each  man  and  one  for  the  chief.  Where  there  are  sub- 
heads they  should  also  have  a  copy  of  the  analysis  of  men 
in  their  charge.  These  analyses  should  not  include  out- 
lines as  to  vocational  adaptability,  as  such  suggestions  are 
likely  to  cause  unrest  in  the  individual. 

It  has  been  found  advisable  to  furnish  the  chief  execu- 
tive with  an  analysis  of  the  analyses.  Each  complete 
analysis  will  consist  of  from  twelve  to  twenty  pages,  and 
the  recap  for  the  management  should  consist  of  one  page, 
giving  thereon,  first,  the  percentage  of  quality  of  the  man 
as  shown  by  summing  up  the  average  of  the  positive  and 
negative  qualities,  and  this  should  include  an  opinion  as 
to  possible  future  development ;  second,  the  chief  positive 
qualities;  third,  the  chief  negative  qualities;  fourth,  the 
most  important  constructive  criticisms,  with  suggestions 
for  improvement;  fifth,  a  confidential  note  to  the  manage- 
ment covering  the  adaptability  of  the  subject  to  his  present 
position,  suggestions  in  regard  to  other  aptitudes,  sugges- 
tions as  to  the  kind  of  men  he  can  best  work  with,  and  if 
in  an  executive  position,  the  type  of  assistant  best  suited 
to  him  to  obtain  greatest  result  getting  harmony  of 
action. 

This  note  should  also  include  any  special  warnings, 
although  occasionally  certain  characteristics  will  be  dis- 


122  Character  Revelations 

covered  that  are  of  such  delicate  nature  that  they  should 
be  imparted  to  the  management  only  by  word  of 
mouth. 

This  recap  of  the  analyses  of  an  organization  gives  the 
management  the  quality  of  his  organization  at  his  finger 
tips,  and  saves  him  the  time  necessary  to  study  each  indi- 
vidual analysis  in  detail.  It  puts  him  intimately  in  touch 
with  each  man  and  woman,  and  can  assist  each  one  to 
better  his  or  her  efficiency. 

The  copy  of  analysis  in  the  hands  of  each  one  puts  him 
on  his  mettle  as  to  his  weaknesses,  since  he  knows  they  are 
being  checked.  It  gives  each  one  an  inventory  from  which 
to  work  toward  increased  earning  power.  The  construc- 
tive criticism  in  the  analysis,  wherein  concrete  means  are 
suggested  for  improvement,  gives  him  a  point  at  which 
to  begin. 

In  closing  this  chapter  there  are  two  general  warnings 
that  should  be  given,  first  in  relation  to  the  handling  of 
children  and  second  the  matter  of  selection  of  a  life  part- 
ner, which  last  question  so  many  who  call  themselves 
analysts  assume  to  do. 

In  the  analysis  of  children  the  inherent  conditions  are 
depended  upon  more  strongly  for  character  indications 
although  it  is  remarkable  at  what  a  young  age  develop- 
ments of  the  face  are  to  be  noted. 

The  faces  of  children  will  change  in  their  developed  ex- 
pression much  more  easily  than  those  of  grown  people 
as  the  mental  and  bodily  conditions  of  the  child  are  less 


How  to  Analyze  a  Character  123 

definitely  settled  and  the  whole  being  is  much  more  sub- 
ject to  influence  and  change. 

It  is  important  that  a  child  shall  be  handled  carefully 
in  the  process  of  mind  and  body  building  for  either  wrong 
mental  training  or  lack  of  proper  bodily  upbuilding  in 
all  its  functions  may  result  in  forming  negative  habits 
that  will  remain  with  the  subject  throughout  the  whole 
life. 

The  wrong  condition  of  mind  or  body  may  be  cor- 
rected after  the  habit  has  been  established  but  unless 
definite  steps  are  taken  to  correct  the  result  the  habit  is 
likely  to  persist. 

For  instance,  if  a  child  has  developed  mouth  breathing 
as  a  result  of  nose  obstruction,  the  cause  may  be  removed 
but  the  child  in  most  cases  must  be  given  proper  sugges- 
tions before  the  habit  is  broken  and  proper  breathing 
results. 

A  child  may  have  poor  assimilation  and  aggravate  the 
condition  by  improper  mastication  of  the  food  and  as  a 
result  irritability  develops. 

Th  conditions  of  the  body  may  finally  right  them- 
selves but  unless  definite  steps  are  taken  to  correct  the 
wrong  habit  of  mind  that  has  been  established  it  may 
follow  the  child  through  life. 

Again  the  child  that  is  sullen  in  nature  or  diffident 
from  whatever  cause  if  forced  constantly  to  do  things  to 
which  he  objects  by  another  person  who  is  intolerant  and 
domineering,  such  treatment  may  develop  a  habit  of  sul- 


124  Character  Revelations 

lenness  and  ill  temper  or  if  the  child  is  diffident  a  self  cen- 
tering that  will  never  be  overcome,  although  the  child  may 
at  a  reasonably  early  age  be  relieved  from  the  oppression. 

It  is  therefore  important  to  remember  that  the  child 
should  be  most  carefully  guided  in  the  establishment  of 
mental  and  bodily  habits  during  the  formative  period. 

It  is  also  well  to  remember  that  corporal  punishment 
can  seldom  produce  good  results  and  never  unless  it  is 
administered  after  cool  reasoning  with  the  child  and  a 
thorough  conviction  that  the  correction  is  given  with 
really  loving  consideration. 

Sullen  or  high-strung,  nervous,  children  are  really 
injured  by  harsh  punishment  and  the  responsive  child, 
properly  handled,  will  be  duly  improved  and  influenced 
by  reason  and  persuasion  without  the  punishment. 

Character  Analysis  is  used  by  some,  who  wish  to  give 
it  an  added  value,  to  assign  a  suitable  life  mate.  This  is 
always  a  dangerous  practice  and  should  be  avoided  as  the 
principle  is  wrong. 

If  two  people  have  decided  upon  marriage,  a  character 
analysis  given  to  one  about  the  other  will  seldom  result 
in  breaking  an  engagment  even  should  such  advice  be 
given.  When  the  glamour  of  first  interest  has  worn  off 
and  the  faults  (and  all  have  them)  come  to  the  front  the 
advice  of  the  analyst  will  then  be  remembered  and  it  may 
even  cause  a  rapid  dissipation  of  confidence  and  an  early 
separation  whereas  otherwise  they  might  work  out  their 
salvation. 


How  to  Analyze  a  Character  125 

It  is  far  better  to  seriously  advise  in  what  way  the 
enquirer  can  best  make  himself  or  herself  most  likeable 
in  the  coming  relationship  with  suggestions  how  to  make 
the  changes. 


NOTE. 

The  analyses  which  follow  were  all  made  in  regular 
professional  practice,  and  dictated  as  you  find  them  here 
to  a  stenographer  while  the  subject  was  present.  Each 
of  these  analyses  was  made  without  the  analyst  having 
previously  seen  the  subject,  and  without  any  conversation 
by  the  analyst  with  the  subject,  as  described  in  chapter 
"How  to  Analyze  a  Character." 

The  author  particularly  wishes  to  thank  those  who  upon 
request  forwarded  their  pictures  with  permission  for  pub- 
lication of  their  analyses.  A  private  analysis  is  a  personal 
thing,  and  these  are  published  wholly  to  aid  those  who 
wish  to  work  out  for  themselves  the  rules  laid  down  in 
this  book.  The  names  and  addresses  of  the  subjects  will 
be  furnished  by  the  publisher  upon  request  with  reference 
to  the  analysis  number. 

The  Author. 


127 


Senior  member  of  a  large  firm  of  Certified 
Public  Accountants.  A  man  of  broad 
public  interests  in  his  community.  A  high 
type  evenly  developed. 


Analysis  Number  280 


129 


FULL    FACE    ANALYSIS    NO.    280 


Analysis  131 

Name 

Page Address Age 


TYPE 

Mental-Physical  type;  tending  strongly 
in  the  direction  of  the  mental;  good  bone 
and  muscle  structure;  strong  hair  growth; 
dark  coloring,  fine  quality.  Weight  170  lbs. 
Height  6  feet. 

ANALYSIS 

He  has  attained  the  best  balance  between  his  mental 
and  physical  forces  that  he  has  ever  enjoyed,  but  during 
his  earlier  years  he  was  strongly  mental  with  undoubtedly 
a  decided  handicap  from  the  standpoint  of  constitutional 
strength.  This  handicap  has  been  overcome  practically 
altogether,  with  the  result  that  he  now  meets  people  in  an 
open,  frank  manner.  During  his  earlier  years  he  tended 
to  be  decidedly  diffident  in  his  contact  with  people,  and 
somewhat  supersensitive,  which  resulted  in  his  making 
few  friends,  but  good  friends.  He  only  cared  for  the 
few.  This  thing  is  still  a  part  of  him,  and  although  in  a 
business  way  he  now  goes  out  greatly  toward  people,  in 
his  home  relationships  he  has  a  few  good  friends  and  does 
not  care  to  invite  many  to  his  home. 

He  has  a  very  great  liking  for  home;  home  surround- 


132  Character  Revelations 

ings  and  country,  and  everyone  in  whom  he  has  a  personal 
interest,  and  he  is  particularly  loyal  in  respect  to  them. 

He  has  a  fine  degree  of  continuity  of  purpose.  When 
he  decides  to  do  a  thing,  although  he  does  not  do  it  with 
the  degree  of  aggressiveness  with  which  he  would  do  it 
had  he  enjoyed  greater  physical  strength  throughout  his 
life,  he  does  it  with  such  tenacity  and  deliberate  consist- 
ent effort  that  he  accomplishes  practically  everything  that 
he  undertakes. 

He  prefers  to  do  things  in  a  regular  routine  way  rather 
than  to  think  out  original  methods  of  operation.  He 
likes  to  do  things  without  change  and  excitement 
intervening,  rather  than  to  have  them  intervene,  but  can 
accomplish  his  purpose  under  either  condition. 

He  likes  approbation,  but  it  must  be  given  to  him  in 
a  delicate  manner,  and  he  does  not  like  crude  flattery. 
The  only  praise  which  he  really  enjoys  is  that  given  for 
things  accomplished  as  a  result  of  real  effort. 

He  has  a  good  degree  of  self-esteem,  which  gives  him 
self-assurance,  self-assertiveness,  and  some  degree  of 
aggressiveness,  and  it  is  this  quality  which  gradually 
helped  him  to  overcome  the  feeling  of  diffidence  of  his 
earlier  years. 

He  has  a  good  degree  of  caution  and  some  degree  of 
conservatism.  His  caution  at  the  present  time  is  a  stronger 
quality  by  far  than  the  conservatism  which  controlled  him 
very  greatly  during  his  earlier  years.  Caution  is  a  better 
quality  to  develop  than  conservatism. 


Analysis  133 

He  has  a  large  degree  of  conscientiousness,  with  good 
ideals  in  conjunction  with  a  strange  perceptive  develop- 
ment, which  gives  him  splendid  justice  of  thought  in  re- 
lation to  his  dealings  with  others.  This  also  gives  him 
good  moral  code. 

He  has  the  desire  to  acquire  and  save,  but  this  is  well 
regulated  by  generosity  and  this  does  not  make  him 
in  the  least  selfish,  but  makes  him  careful  in  expenditures; 
discreet  in  his  generosities,  but  open-handed. 

He  has  a  very  good  degree  of  constructive  ability  of  a 
high  order.  It  finds  its  outlet  altogether  through  mental 
channels,  although  he  has  unusually  good  comprehension 
of  mechanical  things  and  can  do  mechanical  things  well. 
This  type  of  constructive  ability  gives  him  the  power  to 
organize  people;  the  ability  to  build  up  a  sales  organiza- 
tion; to  handle  advertising  campaigns  successfully;  in 
fact,  he  can  use  it  in  any  direction  in  which  planning  is 
the  first  thing  required,  and  the  second  thing  the  direction 
of  others  in  accomplishing  the  plan. 

He  has  a  good  reflective  imaginative  side.  His 
imaginative  side  has  always  been  regulated  considerably 
by  his  conservatism,  and  he  has  constantly  put  from  him- 
self good  creative  thoughts  because  he  considered  them 
as  visionary  rather  than  taking  the  time  and  effort  to 
develop  the  vision  into  an  actual  thing. 

He  has  a  very  good  degree  of  reasoning  from  cause  to 
effect;  good  powers  of  reasoning  in  the  abstract,  and  he 
enjoys  philosphical  and  scientific  literature. 


134  Character  Revelations 

He  has  a  good  sense  of  humor  which  he  has  brought 
more  to  the  front  during  recent  years,  but  which,  during 
his  earlier  years,  was  not  as  active  as  it  should  have  been. 

He  has  a  high-class  scientific  mind,  and  is  actually  fond 
of  concentration  and  analysis. 

He  has  all  of  the  perceptive  faculties  developed  to  a 
more  than  ordinary  degree,  including  memory  of  locations 
and  contours ;  judgment  of  form,  weight,  size,  color,  tune, 
time  and  order.  Particularly  is  the  outer  portion  of  his 
brow  developed,  indicating  a  fine  degree  of  discriminatory 
power  in  judging  of  values  and  in  weighing  his  relation- 
ships with  others.     Justice  of  thought  is  well  developed. 

He  is  particularly  orderly  in  the  way  in  which  he  places 
things  around  him;  in  the  way  in  which  he  systematizes 
his  efforts,  and  he  is  logical  in  the  way  in  which  he  stores 
gathered  information. 

His  first  judgment  is  always  his  best,  although  his 
conservatism  and  caution  give  him  deliberateness  in  ex- 
pressing himself  in  words  and  putting  his  decisions  into 
body  action. 

He  has  a  little  bit  of  irritability,  but  it  is  a  minor  thing. 
He  has  a  tendency  to  be  a  little  skeptical  and  cynical,  and 
could  develop  some  degree  of  sullenness  and  vindictive- 
ness,  but  these  qualities  have  not  been  brought  to  the 
front  as  he  has  apparently  always  been  in  a  reasonably 
happy  environment  and  had  the  same  type  of  associations. 

He  has  a  particularly  observant  eye,  with  a  good  visual 
memory.    He  could  somewhat  intensify  his  glance,  giving 


Analysis  135 

it  greater  penetration  and  thereby  get  a  more  vivid  mental 
picture  of  the  things  that  he  sees. 

His  emotional  side  is  far  in  the  background,  and  he  is 
intense  rather  than  emotional,  but  his  feelings  are  not 
brought  quickly  to  the  surface.  His  enthusiasms  are  of 
the  same  nature;  he  is  not  quickly  enthusiastic  about  a 
thing,  but  when  he  becomes  so  he  remains  so  until  the 
thing  is  accomplished. 

He  has  very  good  executive  ability,  with  a  fine  degree 
of  energy  well  directed.  It  is  not  the  explosive  type  of 
energy,  as  he  has  cultivated  a  reserve  control  in  relation 
to  this  thing. 

He  is  very  quick  in  his  minor  decisions  and  decisive  and 
accurate  in  his  larger  decisions,  but  deliberate  in  regard  to 
the  latter. 

He  has  a  fine  sense  of  things  generally;  is  quickly 
susceptible  to  atmosphere  and  has  very  good  psychic 
sense  from  the  standpoint  of  impressing  his  mind  upon 
the  minds  of  others ;  in  other  words,  he  has  the  percipient 
rather  than  the  recipient  type  of  mind. 

He  has  a  fine  degree  of  perseverance  and  endurance, 
both  mental  and  physical. 

He  has  a  good  degree  of  determination,  decision  and 
control.  These  qualities  are  positive  in  nature,  but  he  has 
never  brought  the  aggressiveness  to  bear  in  relation  to 
these  qualities  which  would  have  made  him  go  out  more 
after  things  rather  than  to  accomplish  things  by  patient 
persistence. 


136  Character  Revelations 

He  has  a  liking  for  art  and  music,  and  is  a  very  good 
critic  in  respect  to  these  things. 

He  has  very  good  mechanical  as  well  as  mathematical 
ability. 

There  is  nothing  of  obstinacy  in  his  make-up,  and 
his  reasoning  powers  thoroughly  control  in  this  respect. 

CONSTRUCTIVE  CRITICISM 

Here  is  an  unusually  well-balanced  type  from  the  mental 
and  the  physical  standpoint,  he  having  gradually  balanced 
himself  on  the  physical  side  and  the  suggestions  made  in 
the  Constructive  Criticism  may  appear  even  as  presumptu- 
ous, as  he  has  so  well  worked  out  all  of  his  forces. 

He  can  afford  to  bring  a  little  more  positiveness,  as  a 
result  of  developed  aggressiveness,  to  bear  in  his  instruc- 
tion to  others,  as  those  that  do  not  know  him  may  mis- 
understand his  mild  and  conservative  manner  of  dictation 
as  not  conveying  his  full  intent,  and  as  a  result  he  may 
have  to  repeat  his  orders  to  have  them  fulfilled ;  whereas 
with  more  of  positiveness  used  in  the  first  instance,  repeti- 
tion would  be  avoided.  This  is  particularly  true  in  giving 
instruction  to  those  that  do  not  know  him. 

He  can  afford  to  develop  a  little  bit  more  of  aggressive- 
ness in  the  exercise  of  his  courage,  his  determination, 
decision  and  control,  meaning  by  this  both  in  relation  to 
the  mental  side  of  these  qualities  as  well  as  the  physical 
side  of  them,  being  more  courageous  in  his  mental  attitude 


Analysis  137 

as  well  as  more  positive  in  the  exhibition  of  his  physical 
forces  and  in  the  using  of  them  in  accomplishing  his 
purpose. 

He  can  afford  to  cultivate  even  more  of  an  outgoing  of 
himself  toward  people  generally.  He  now  reaches  out 
toward  them,  but  there  are  many  even  in  his  business 
relationships  that  feel  he  is  unapproachable,  whereas 
really  he  is  far  from  that. 

He  can  afford  to  use  the  notebook  habit  in  relation  to 
the  development  of  his  more  than  ordinarily  good  creative 
thoughts;  writing  them  down  and  gradually  correlating 
these  thoughts  into  actual,  workable  plans. 

He  has  a  considerable  degree  of  scientific  and  mechani- 
cal inventive  ability  and  originality  along  these  lines  which 
he  should  use. 

In  his  own  field  he  is  a  man  that  will  think  out  many 
new  ways  of  doing  things  which  are  original  in  him. 
He  should  develop  his  ability  along  the  lines  of  literature 
by  writing  such  things  down,  and  use  writing  as  an 
avocation  so  far  as  his  experience  will  allow  him  to  do 
so.  He  can  make  a  success  in  writing  articles  along  in- 
dustrial, scientific  and  economic  lines. 

He  can  develop  to  a  little  better  degree  his  power  of 
observation  and  penetration  so  far  as  general  observations 
are  concerned,  and  practise  the  power  to  visualize  in 
detail. 

He  should  cultivate  the  ability  to  thoroughly  relax,  as 
he  is  inclined  to  keep  himself  tense.    He  has  improved  this 


138  Character  Revelations 

ability  very  considerably  during  recent  years,  but  he  can 
afford  to  relax  even  more.  He  has  always  had  tendency 
to  be  a  little  self-centered,  although  not  selfish. 

He  should  continue  his  development  along  the  line  of 
public  speaking,  and  give  even  more  attention  to  this 
means  of  expression,  as  he  has  fine  abilities  along  this  line, 
with  a  good  mind  of  sequence,  which  is  so  important  in 
talking  upon  subjects  which  are  based  upon  fact. 

From  the  body  side  he  should  take  plenty  of  outdoor 
exercise,  which  he  is  now  undoubtedly  doing. 

He  should  take  morning  calisthenics  without  appara- 
tus, and  the  "Daily  Dozen,"  are  the  best  that  can  be 
recommended.  (Illustrated  copy  has  been  given  to 
him.) 

He  should  do  these  systematically,  as  he  really  needs 
these  exercises.  It  will  do  away  with  what  tendency  there 
is  toward  sluggishness  the  first  thing  in  the  morning 
and  any  tendency  toward  irritability  and  ill  tem- 
per. 

He  should  drink  more  than  an  ordinary  amount  of 
water,  taking  from  three  to  four  glasses  of  warm  or  hot 
water  the  first  thing  in  the  morning.  In  drinking  this 
water  he  should  use  the  muscles  of  his  abdomen,  contract- 
ing and  extending  forcibly.  He  should  also  use  his  hand 
in  a  beating  process  upon  his  abdomen,  for  a  few  mo- 
ments each  morning.  This  will  do  away  with  this 
tendency  toward  sluggishness  in  the  eliminative  func- 
tions. 


Analysis  139 

He  should  take  a  cool  sponge  bath  each  morning,  with 
lengthy  and  energetic  rub  thereafter. 

He  should  take  deep  breathing  exercises,  drawing  his 
breath  in  while  he  counts  five,  holding  it  while  he  counts 
five,  expelling  it  forcibly  through  compressed  lips  while 
he  counts  five,  increasing  the  count  as  capacity  increases. 
He  should  draw  his  chin  close  to  his  body  while  doing 
this  exercise.  He  can  afford  to  use  this  exercise  at  night 
after  retiring,  placing  his  body  in  a  position  of  relax- 
ation and  actually  think  how  relaxed  his  body  is  while 
doing  this  exercise.  This  will  tend  to  send  him 
to  sleep  in  a  relaxed  condition  instead  of  a  tense 
condition.  ("Daily  Dozen,"  by  Walter  Camp,  pub. 
Collier's  Weekly.) 

VOCATIONAL  ADAPTABILITY 

He  has  an  unusually  fine  legal  mind  and  would  have 
made  a  very  fine  lawyer — either  trial  or  judicial.  He  has 
only  recently  developed  himself  so  that  he  might  be  a  trial 
lawyer. 

He  would  have  made  an  unusually  high  type  electrical 
or  civil  engineer. 

He  would  have  made  an  unusually  fine  surgeon,  had 
he  overcome  his  sensitiveness. 

He  has  very  fine  mathematical,  mechanical  and  ex- 
ecutive ability,  which  could  have  found  their  outlet  in 
many  different  directions. 

He  should  heed  the  constructive  criticism  in  relation  to 


140  Character  Revelations 

using  public  speaking  and  writing  along  practical  lines, 
as  an  avocation. 

He  has  political  possibilities  of  a  high  order,  as  he  has 
the  desire  to  honestly  serve  the  people. 


Analyst. 
April  30th,  1 92 1. 

note:  The  words  showing  degree  of 
quality — poor,  fair,  good  and  fine, 
give  a  basis  for  comparison. 

Analysis  Number  280 


An  advertising  man  of  real  ability.  An 
interesting  development  of  compression  in 
the  upper  face,  with  tendency  toward 
relaxation  in  the  lower. 


Analysis  Number  288 


141 


PROFILE    ANALYSIS    NO.    288 


Analysis  143 

Name 

Page Address Age .... 

TYPE 

Mental-physical  type;  good  bone  struc- 
ture; strong  hair  growth;  medium  color- 
ing;  good  quality.  Weight  145  lbs.  Height 
5  feet  9  inches. 

ANALYSIS 

He  is  very  general  in  his  liking  for  people  and  people 
generally  like  him. 

He  makes  very  many  friends,  is  not  quite  as  discrimi- 
nating in  his  selection  as  he  could  be,  and  in  spite  of  his 
very  good  development  which  gives  him  splendid  judg- 
ments, he  is  inclined  to  let  his  heart  side  constantly  con- 
trol his  action,  often  to  his  detriment. 

He  does  not  take  any  prejudices  toward  people,  and 
has  a  real  love  of  human  nature. 

He  has  a  great  love  of  home;  home  surroundings  and 
country,  and  is  loyal  in  his  defense  of  these  things; 
nevertheless,  he  is  adaptable  and  can  be  easily  changed 
from  one  environment  to  another  without  being  what  is 
termed  homesick.    He  quickly  makes  new  friends. 

He  has  a  decided  liking  for  approbation,  and  praise 
means  a  great  deal  to  him  as  an  incentive  to  the  ac- 


144  Character  Revelations 

complishment  of  his  purpose.  He  nevertheless  can  work 
under  destructive  criticism  if  it  is  necessary,  but  will  not 
long  continue  to  do  so,  as  resentments  will  develop. 

He  has  a  good  degree  of  self-esteem,  but  not  as  much 
as  he  legitimately  should  have,  and  he  is  inclined  to 
depreciate  his  qualities  rather  than  to  have  a  full  apprecia- 
tion of  them.  He  invariably  asks  the  advice  of  others  in 
relation  to  personal  matters  and  decisions  rather  than 
using  his  own  judgments,  whereas  his  own  judgments 
could  well  be  acted  upon. 

He  has  many  friends  that  come  to  him  for  advice  and 
his  advice  to  them  is  unusually  good. 

He  has  more  firmness  of  character  than  he  has  con- 
tinuity of  purpose,  although  neither  quality  is  as  strong 
in  him  as  it  should  be. 

He  has  a  decided  liking  for  excitement  and  change; 
has  a  strong  tendency  in  the  direction  of  the  thing  in 
which  there  is  a  change  and  does  not  like  to  work  at 
anything  in  a  routine  way,  nor  does  he  stick  sufficiently 
tenaciously  to  the  thing  that  will  not  furnish  him  excite- 
ment and  change  while  doing  it. 

He  is  conscientious  in  a  broad  way,  but  does  not  like 
details  of  any  kind,  meaning  by  this  that  he  is  just  in  his 
relationships  with  people,  but  he  is  not  foolishly  particular 
in  either  his  contact  with  people  or  in  regard  to  his 
attitude  toward  ideals.  He  is  practical  from  this 
standpoint. 

He  has  not  enough  of  caution  or  deliberateness  of 


Analysis  145 

action.  He  tends  to  do  everything  on  the  spur  of  the 
moment,  and  very  often  not  as  a  result  of  analysis  on  his 
part;  but  because  this  or  that  influence  has  been  brought 
to  bear  and  he  follows  the  line  of  least  resistance. 

He  has  a  desire  to  acquire  and  save,  but  his  liking  of 
good  things  and  his  love  of  approbation,  both  of  which 
cost  money,  have  militated  materially  against  his  being 
able  to  do  so. 

He  has  very  good  constructive  ability  of  a  high  order, 
tending  in  the  direction  of  organization  rather  than  actual 
building,  as  it  must  find  its  outlet  through  mental  channels 
rather  than  in  the  actual  doing  of  a  constructive  or 
mechanical  thing. 

He  has  good  mechanical  ability,  which  will  also  find  its 
outlet  through  mental  channels.  His  type  of  organization 
ability  is  such  that  he  can  handle  people  or  things  suc- 
cessfully without  coming  in  direct  contact  with  them,  or 
he  can  handle  people  and  things  by  coming  in  direct  con- 
tact with  them,  such  as  in  the  first  case,  advertising 
manager;  in  the  second  case,  sales  manager.  To  make  a 
success  in  either  of  these  fields  he  must  give  attention  to 
developing  a  number  of  qualities  which  will  be  outlined  in 
the  Constructive  Criticism. 

His  good  mechanical  ability  could  work  itself  out 
through  artistic  lines  in  mechanical  drafting,  architecture 
or  in  designing. 

He  has  very  good  reflective  and  imaginative  mind. 
He  is  not  so  much  theoretical  as  it  is  that  he  has  a 


146  Character  Revelations 

tendency  to  allow  the  good  thoughts  which  come  to  him  to 
pass  from  him  without  bringing  them  down  to  the  con- 
crete. This  is  simply  as  a  result  of  sheer  neglect.  He 
gets  so  many  of  these  good  ideas  that  he  does  not  think 
they  are  worthy  of  real  attention. 

He  has  very  good  powers  of  reasoning  from  cause  to 
effect;  very  good  comparative  judgment,  with  good 
developed  perceptions  with  which  to  get  accurate  premises 
from  which  to  reason. 

He  has  good  powers  of  reasoning  in  the  abstract  and 
can  develop  these  powers  to  even  a  better  degree. 

He  has  rather  unusual  memory  for  locations,  contours 
and  events. 

He  has  good  judgment  of  form,  weight  and  size;  good 
judgment  of  color  and  tune  and  order.  He  is  just  in  his 
relationships  and  is  able  to  see  things  from  more  than  one 
angle,  being  able  to  get  the  other  fellow's  viewpoint  as 
well  as  his  own. 

He  has  a  good  mathematical  mind  as  well  as  mechanical 
ability  which  has  already  been  mentioned. 

He  has  a  good  degree  of  mental  concentration,  but 
lacks  in  concentrating  his  physical  forces  back  of  his 
mental  decision. 

He  has  good  powers  of  analysis  not  as  much  used  as 
they  should  be,  as  he  is  inclined  to  depend  upon  intuition 
rather  than  analysis  when  he  has  a  decision  to  be  made, 
yet  he  has  good  developed  abilities  along  the  line  of 
analysis. 


FULL    FACE    ANALYSIS    NO.    288 


Analysis  147 

He  is  quick  in  his  minor  decisions  and  reasonably 
quick  in  his  larger  decisions — not  from  cold  analysis,  but 
purely  because  he  acts  upon  "hunch."  With  his  good 
abilities  he  should  use  cold  analysis,  and  have  quick, 
accurate  judgments  and  decisions  in  relation  to  all  things. 

He  has  quite  a  degree  of  irritability;  quite  an  active 
temper,  not  very  well  under  control. 

He  has  quite  a  large  degree  of  emotionalism  which  is 
active  in  him,  and  he  shows  active  sense  excitability. 

He  has  a  large  degree  of  sensitiveness  and  is  a  splendid 
judge  of  values;  is  keenly  sensitive  to  atmosphere.  He 
has  active  sympathies ;  is  too  much  inclined  to  let  his  heart 
control  rather  than  his  head. 

He  has  the  ability  to  develop  more  than  ordinary  powers 
of  observation.  He  already  has  good  powers  in  this 
direction  and  can  develop  the  ability  to  visualize  things  in 
detail.  His  chief  development  of  concentration  lies  in 
his  power  to  observe.  He  is  a  little  indefinite  in  his 
visual  memory  at  the  present  time.  He  has  considerably 
better  than  an  ordinary  memory  for  all  things. 

He  has  good  degree  of  energy,  both  mental  and  physi- 
cal, with  active  enthusiasms  and  a  good  degree  of  aggres- 
siveness where  it  is  brought  to  bear,  but  he  is  inclined  not 
to  bring  it  to  bear  as  often  as  he  should,  nor  is  it  as 
deliberate  an  aggressiveness  as  it  should  be. 

He  has  a  fair  degree  of  perseverance  and  endurance, 
both  mental  and  physical. 

He  has  some  degree  of  sarcasm.    He  has  a  fair  degree 


148  Character  Revelations 

of  determination  and  control.  These  qualities  should  be 
developed  to  a  really  good  degree,  but  he  has  not  brought 
the  tenacity  of  purpose,  determination  and  control  to  bear 
that  he  could  have  in  the  development  of  his  more  than 
ordinarily  good  qualities. 

He  has  a  decided  liking  for  art  and  music,  and  has  fine 
appreciations  in  this  respect. 

Although  he  has  a  good  mind  for  appreciation  and 
reading  of  good  literature,  he  is  inclined  to  enjoy  the 
constant  round  of  excitement  rather  than  to  spend  the 
time  in  night  study. 

Here  is  a  case  in  which  the  man  has  far  more  than 
ordinary  abilities  in  very  many  directions,  and  yet  he  is 
drifting  instead  of  setting  a  goal  and  working  with 
determination  in  that  direction.  It  is  not  that  he  lacks 
the  energy,  the  force,  the  determination  or  the  will,  but 
simply  that  he  has  not  brought  these  qualities  to  bear. 
They  are  in  him,  but  have  been  allowed  to  a  great  extent 
to  remain  latent. 

He  is  most  decidedly  optimistic  and  does  not  know 
what  it  is  to  be  moody  or  pessimistic  in  relation  to 
anything. 

CONSTRUCTIVE  CRITICISM 

His  chief  virtue  is  also  his  chief  fault.  He  has  such  a 
great  liking  for  people  that  he  constantly  cheats  himself 
in  regard  to  their  just  due.    He  lets  his  heart  constantly 


Analysis  149 

control  him  instead  of  using  his  good  developed  judgment 
along  the  lines  of  common  sense  and  he  must  develop  a 
greater  degree  of  deliberation;  a  great  degree  of  control, 
a  greater  degree  of  poise  and  dignity  in  his  relationships 
with  people. 

Although  he  has  never  really  depreciated  his  own  abili- 
ties, he  has  never  appreciated  them  to  the  extent  of  put- 
ting them  to  work  with  a  set  goal,  and  he  must  develop 
greater  self-assertiveness,  legitimate  deliberate  aggressive- 
ness and  self-dependence. 

He  should  develop  more  caution,  and  in  developing 
caution  he  must  learn  to  control  his  tendency  to  talk  to 
one  and  all — not  developing  either  secretiveness  nor  con- 
servatism, but  caution  in  what  he  talks  about  and  to  whom 
he  talks. 

He  should  cultivate  the  ability  to  save,  by  using  his 
generosity  with  more  judgment  and  doing  away  with 
spending  money  for  the  purpose  of  the  good  fellowship 
of  those  around  him.  This  does  not  mean  to  entirely 
eliminate  these  things,  but  to  use  judgment  in  this  respect. 

He  should  develop  the  notebook  habit  in  writing  down 
the  good  creative  thoughts  which  come  to  him,  and  work 
them  out  on  paper  until  he  gets  them  down  to  the  practical, 
making  them  actual  workable  things,  and  he  should  see 
to  it  that  he  capitalizes  them. 

He  should  cultivate  more  definiteness  in  everything 
that  he  does,  doing  it  more  with  a  set  purpose  rather  than 
because  it  happens  to  be  the  thing  which  comes  to  him ;  in 


150  Character  Revelations 

other  words,  stop  following  the  line  of  least  resistance 
and  map  out  a  course  and  follow  it. 

He  should  continue  the  development  of  his  perceptive 
faculties  as  he  can  attain  a  high  degree  of  efficiency  in  the 
direction  of  observation,  attention  and  penetration.  He 
should  also  develop  a  greater  degree  of  concentration  for 
more  sustained  periods,  and  broaden  this  power  to  include 
more  abstract  reasoning.  For  this  purpose  he  should 
read  chapters  on  these  subjects  in  "Master  Mind,"  by 
Dumont,  and  put  into  practice  the  exercise  therein 
suggested. 

He  should  overcome  his  irritability  and  his  temper, 
and  will  do  so  if  he  realizes  that  these  qualities  hurt 
himself  and  no  one  else. 

His  heart  is  a  little  over  active  and  he  should  not 
unnecessarily  excite  himself. 

He  should  cultivate  his  liking  for  good  literature,  by 
reading  good  biographies.  Such  material  as  is  written 
by  Elbert  Hubbard,  etc.,  will  tend  to  give  him  inspiration 
in  the  right  direction. 

He  should  take  himself  somewhat  more  seriously,  as 
he  has  such  keen  sense  of  humor  that  practically  every- 
thing appears  humorous  to  him. 

For  the  purpose  of  overcoming  his  negatives  and  build- 
ing in  the  positive  qualities,  he  should  read  some  good 
book  on  auto-suggestion,  and  apply  auto-suggestion  in 
character  building. 

From  the  body  side  he  should  take  regular  morning 


Analysis  151 

calisthenics,  without  apparatus,  and  the  "Daily  Dozen," 
by  Walter  Camp,  are  the  best  that  can  be  recommended. 
He  can  secure  a  copy  of  these  exercises  by  writing  to 
Collier's  Weekly,  416  West  13th  Street,  New  York  City, 
asking  for  the  "Daily  Dozen,"  and  enclosing  ten  cents  in 
postage. 

He  also  should,  if  possible,  take  gymnasium  work,  as 
he  needs  vigorous  exercise  for  the  outlet  of  his  forces. 
He  should  use  this  with  judgment  and  gradually  build 
himself  up  so  as  not  to  overtax  his  heart. 

Cool  sponge  bath  each  morning,  with  energetic  rub 
thereafter,  would  be  a  splendid  thing  for  him. 

He  should  cultivate  deep  breathing  exercises.  He  needs 
plenty  of  outdoor  exercise  in  companionship  with  others, 
and  he  should  use  judgment  in  the  selection  of  his  friends 
so  that  they  may  be  a  force  in  his  upbuilding. 

VOCATIONAL  ADAPTABILITY 

He  has  splendid  selling  quality,  and  can  make  a  success 
in  salesmanship  in  the  selling  of  either  the  lighter  me- 
chanical things  or  along  the  line  of  artistic  things. 

He  can  develop  himself,  with  his  powers  of  organiza- 
tion, if  he  will  follow  the  lines  of  the  Constructive 
Criticism,  into  a  good  sales  or  advertising  director, 
although  he  would  have  to  develop  more  driving  power  as 
a  sales  manager  and  control  somewhat  his  heart  side. 

He  has  good  ability  as  a  lawyer,  and  would  make  a 


152  Character  Revelations 

very  fine  trial  lawyer.  He  would  have  made  a  very  fine 
doctor  and  surgeon,  although  he  would  have  had  to  over- 
come his  sensitiveness  in  surgery. 

He  can  make  himself  a  success  in  literature,  but  would 
have  to  do  more  technical  work  and  good  reading  to 
perfect  himself  in  composition  and  broaden  his  vocabulary 
and  powers  of  expression.  He  could  develop  himself  into 
a  good  writer  along  the  lines  of  economic  and  industrial 
subjects. 

In  regard  to  his  artistic  and  musical  side,  he  should 
develop  either  or  both  of  these  talents  as  an  avocation  at 
least  for  the  present. 


Analyst. 
May  5th,  1 92 1. 

note:  The  words  showing  degree  of 
quality — poor,  fair,  good  and  fine, 
give  a  basis  for  comparison. 


Analysis  Number  288 


A  partner  in  a  large  firm  of  stock  brokers. 
He  has  unusual  selling  ability. 


Analysis  Number  222 


153 


PROFILE    ANALYSIS     NO.    222 


Analysis  155 

Name 

Page Address Age .... 


TYPE 

Mental-Physical  type ;  vigorous  bone  and 
muscle  structure;  vigorous  hair  growth; 
dark  coloring;  good  quality.  Weight  160 
lbs. ;  height  5  feet  8  inches. 


ANALYSIS 

He  is  strongly  social  in  his  inclinations.  He  likes 
practically  all  people,  and  all  people  like  him. 

He  does  take  a  few  prejudices,  and  makes  some  enemies 
as  a  result  of  his  positive  attitude,  which  is  usually  well 
taken. 

He  has  unusually  good  balance  of  the  mental  and  the 
physical  forces.  In  addition  to  having  strong  physical 
forces,  he  has  the  virile,  vital  type  of  nature  which  results 
in  unusually  great  tenacity  to  life. 

He  has  a  great  love  of  home  and  home  surroundings 
and  country,  but  in  spite  of  this,  can  be  easily  transplanted 
to  other  environments  and  other  associations,  without 
materially  feeling  the  change.  He  is  most  decidedly 
adaptable. 


156  Character  Revelations 

He  has  a  great  love  of  approbation,  which  makes  him 
fond  of  argument;  a  desire  to  appear  well  before  all 
people,  and  has  also  made  it  necessary  for  him  to  learn 
to  control  his  tendency  to  talk  without  sufficient  con- 
sideration as  to  whom  he  talks  to. 

He  has  never  had  a  just  opinion  of  his  own  possibilities, 
nor  of  his  own  qualities.  He  has  made  himself  active  in 
the  use  of  these  qualities  and  has  attained  success  as  a 
result,  but  has  never  assumed  the  dignity  which  his  abili- 
ties entitle  him  to,  and  consequently  he  has  never  really 
impressed  others  as  strongly  with  his  abilities  as  he  could 
have  otherwise  done. 

He  has  a  good  degree  of  caution,  but  balanced  against 
this  is  his  love  of  approbation  and  his  strongly  developed 
emotional  side,  which  makes  him  subject  to  influence,  and 
he  does  not  hold  sufficiently  strongly  to  his  first  opinions. 

He  has  always  been  a  little  too  much  inclined  to  con- 
sider others  in  relation  to  his  decisions,  and  let  their 
opinions  influence  him,  whereas  his  own  opinions  were 
usually  better  than  the  ones  offered. 

He  has  a  good  degree  of  firmness  of  character,  which 
gives  him  tenacity,  but  he  likes  to  do  things  in  a  manner 
which  will  provide  the  greatest  amount  of  change  and 
excitement  while  doing  it.  He  does  not  enjoy  doing  a 
thing  in  a  routine  way.  He  has  a  large  amount  of 
adaptability  and  initiative  and  originality,  and  these  quali- 
ties are  brought  to  bear  in  the  accomplishment  of  the 
propositions  which  he  undertakes. 


Analysis  157 

He  has  a  good  degree  of  conscientiousness — broad  in 
its  nature;  in  fact,  he  does  not  like  detail  of  any  kind, 
although  he  has  a  good  analytical  mind  and  can  well 
master  detail  when  he  undertakes  to  do  so. 

He  has  not  enough  of  secretiveness  or  conservatism, 
although  if  caution  is  developed  it  is  the  broadest  quality 
of  the  three. 

He  has  a  good  reflective  and  imaginative  mind ;  he  has 
always  had  to  struggle  against  being  theoretical  rather 
than  practical,  but  has  built  in  a  very  large  degree  of 
practicality. 

He  has  unusually  good  ability  in  reasoning  from  cause 
to  effect,  and  is  very  quick  in  his  mental  processes  in 
relation  to  this  class  of  thinking. 

He  has  good  comparative  powers  and  always  bases  his 
arguments  upon  some  comparative  thing. 

He  has  the  ability  to  reason  well  in  the  abstract,  and 
this  is  developed  to  a  fair  degree ;  it  could  be  developed  to 
an  unusually  good  degree. 

He  has  good  constructive  forces  which,  with  a  little 
greater  degree  of  directed  nerve  force  expenditure,  could 
be  made  to  have  its  best  outlet  in  handling  other  men  and 
in  working  up  an  organization  of  men  by  coming  in  direct 
contact  with  them.  At  the  present  time  his  outgo  of 
force  is  not  sufficiently  controlled,  and  his  great  love  of 
people  has  a  tendency  to  militate  against  his  ability  to 
drive  others.  He  can  lead  them,  but  finds  it  difficult  to 
drive  them. 


158  Character  Revelations 

In  addition  to  this  outlet  for  his  constructive  ability, 
he  has  a  strongly  mechanical  and  scientific  mind,  with 
good  mathematical  ability,  and  he  could  have  made  a 
success  in  the  actual  planning  and  building  of  me- 
chanical things.  He  would  have  made  an  unusually 
good  engineer,  in  the  mechanical,  electrical  or  civil 
field. 

He  has  very  good  memory  for  locations,  contours  and 
events,  and  good  judgment  of  form,  weight,  size;  very 
good  judgment  of  color,  and  has  a  decidedly  orderly  mind 
in  that  he  likes  to  have  a  place  for  everything  and  have 
everything  in  its  place.  This  natural  quality  of  his  has 
not  been  developed  as  strongly  as  it  might  be.  He  has 
overloaded  himself  with  things  to  do  which  have  kept  him 
too  busily  engaged  at  all  times  to  follow  up  his  natural 
inclination. 

He  has  breadth  of  reasoning,  in  that  he  sees  things 
from  more  than  one  angle,  and  has  very  good  com- 
prehension of  the  many  sides  of  a  proposition. 

He  has  good  justice  of  thought  in  his  relationships 
with  others,  and  seldom  develops  any  resentments, 
although  he  is  somewhat  irritable  and  somewhat  quick 
in  temper. 

He  has  good  ability  in  visualizing  things  in  general, 
and  could  develop  a  good  detail  visual  memory,  if  he 
would  concentrate  his  energies,  giving  greater  atten- 
tion to  the  things  observed;  in  other  words,  center  his 
glance. 


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Analysis  159 

He  has  a  large  degree  of  sensitiveness ;  he  does  not  tend 
to  be  supersensitive.  He  is  very  good  in  his  judgment  of 
values. 

He  has  a  large  degree  of  active  emotionalism  which 
is  to  a  great  extent  the  result  of  a  constantly  vigor- 
ous out-going  of  his  nerve  force,  without  sufficient 
control. 

He  has  plenty  of  aggressiveness,  but  it  is  not  of  the 
antagonistic  type,  and  he  has  the  habit  of  taking  the 
argument  of  others  and  their  attitude  when  they  wish 
to  bring  pressure  to  bear,  in  a  good-natured  way,  and 
meets  them  on  their  own  ground. 

He  has  a  fine  sense  of  humor,  which  is  prominently 
brought  to  bear  in  his  dealings  with  human  nature. 

He  has  splendid  heart  and  lung  action,  which  gives  him 
fine  energies  and  a  very  much  more  than  ordinary  amount 
of  energy  and  vitality. 

He  has  a  good  degree  of  perseverance  and  endurance, 
both  mental  and  physical. 

He  has  a  good  degree  of  determination,  and  decision; 
his  degree  of  control  is  not  as  great  as  the  degree  of  these 
other  two  qualities. 

He  has  a  little  tendency  toward  sarcasm,  which  is  more 
irony  then  ill-natured  sarcasm.  He  has  never  borne 
the  heavy  burden  of  financial  responsibility,  which  he 
is  capable  of  carrying.  He  has  always  been  a  little 
too  much  inclined  to  shift  a  burden  rather  than  to  carry 
it. 


160  Character  Revelations 

He  has  unusually  active  enthusiasms,  and  these  enthusi- 
asms are  well  sustained,  provided  the  thing  which  causes 
them  comes  his  way  and  progresses,  but  he  is  quick  to 
drop  the  thing  and  his  enthusiasms  melt  away  in  relation 
to  it,  where  it  does  not  appear  to  have  life. 

He  is  greatly  interested  in  music  and  art,  and  has  very 
good  sense  appreciation-. 

He  has  strong  recuperative  side,  with  active  digestive 
functions. 

He  has  a  large  degree  of  what  is  termed  personal 
magnetism,  as  a  result  of  unusually  good  balance  of 
mental  and  physical  qualities. 

He  also  has  a  strong  psychic  side,  which  gives  him  far 
more  than  the  ordinary  intuitive  judgment.  He  also 
has  what  is  termed  the  percipient  type  of  mind  rather 
than  the  recipient  mind.  He  will  project  his  mind  to  the 
minds  of  others. 

He  is  very  decidedly  quick  in  his  judgments  in  relation 
to  minor  things,  but  has  a  little  tendency  to  be  over- 
deliberate  in  coming  to  a  conclusion  in  relation  to  larger 
matters.  He  has  the  ability  to  be  equally  quick  and 
decisive  in  bigger  matters  as  well  as  small  ones,  if  he 
would  only  cultivate  it. 

He  has  good  executive  ability,  although  in  handling 
those  immediately  around  him  he  has  a  tendency  to  be 
over-energetic,  and  not  to  sufficiently  direct  his  own 
energies.  This  has  a  tendency  to  cause  irritation  in 
others  and  cause  a  lessening  of  efficiency. 


Analysis  161 

CONSTRUCTIVE  CRITICISM 

He  should  develop  more  continuity  of  purpose.  This 
is  not  advised  in  relation  to  the  way  in  which  he  does 
larger  things,  as  he  needs  excitement  and  change  to  keep 
up  his  enthusiasm,  to  carry  through  larger  projects,  but 
in  doing  details  he  should  develop  this  quality  and  see  to 
it  that  he  completes  one  thing  before  approaching 
another. 

He  should  control,  a  little  bit,  his  great  liking  for  people, 
developing  the  ability  to  be  more  reserved,  particularly  in 
his  relationships  in  business,  and  therefore  carry  greater 
dignity  in  his  dealings  with  men. 

He  should  develop  a  greater  degree  of  self-confidence 
in  his  own  qualifications,  depending  on  his  own  judg- 
ments more,  instead  of  referring  to  others. 

He  should  develop  greater  caution  in  his  relationships 
with  people  as  well  as  in  action.  He  should  develop  a 
greater  controlled  force,  remembering  that  the  teakettle 
with  the  lid  off  gathers  no  power  or  reserve,  whereas  the 
teakettle  with  the  lid  on  has  a  reserve  power. 

He  should  cultivate  a  greater  degree  of  reserve  in  rela- 
tion to  talking  to  others  in  relation  to  both  his  personal 
affairs  as  well  as  his  business  affairs.  There  is  power  in 
the  man  who  can  keep  things  to  himself. 

He  should  develop  the  notebook  habit  in  working  out 
his  daily  plans,  as  well  as  in  working  out  his  bigger  plans. 
The  retarding  of  his  mental  processes  by  writing  out 


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things  will  greatly  increase  the  clearness  and  detail  of  the 
proposition. 

He  can  afford  to  increase  his  perceptive  development, 
and  power  of  concentration,  making  the  periods  of  con- 
centration of  longer  duration.  He  also  can  afford  to 
increase  his  power  of  attention,  penetration  and  observa- 
tion. To  do  this,  he  can  read  with  profit  chapter  on 
Attention  and  Perceptive  Development  in  ''Master  Mind," 
by  Theron  Q.  Dumont. 

He  should  overcome  his  tendency  toward  irritability 
and  temper,  remembering  that  these  two  qualities  hurt 
no  one  but  himself.  This  is  part  of  his  effort  in  the  direc- 
tion of  controlling  his  nerve  force,  and  the  irritability  is 
an  outgrowth  of  an  over-expenditure. 

He  should  improve  his  power  of  determination  and 
decision  in  relation  to  large  things,  making  himself  think 
more  definitely  to  a  conclusion,  but  he  should  not  make 
his  mental  processes  any  more  deliberate  than  is  his  natural 
trend;  in  other  words,  he  should  do  away  with  the 
indecisiveness. 

For  overcoming  the  negative  side  and  building  in  the 
positive,  he  should  read  some  good  book  on  the  subject 
of  suggestion  and  auto-suggestion,  and  apply  this  method 
to  overcoming  his  negative  side  and  building  up  his 
positives. 

From  the  body  side  he  should  give  particular  attention 
to  morning  exercises,  and  the  "Daily  Dozen,"  by  Walter 
Camp,  are  recommended.    He  can  secure  a  copy  of  these 


Analysis  163 

exercises  outlined  and  illustrated  by  writing  to  J.  P. 
Collier  &  Son  Company,  416  West  13th  Street,  New 
York  City,  asking  for  the  "Daily  Dozen"  exercises  and 
enclosing  ten   cents   in   postage. 

He  should  take  cool  sponge  baths  each  morning,  with 
energetic  rub  thereafter.  He  should  make  a  practice 
of  doing  a  certain  amount  of  walking  each  and  every 
day. 

He  should  practice  deeper  breathing  exercises,  drawing 
his  breath  in  while  he  counts  five,  holding  it  while  he 
counts  five,  forcing  it  from  him  through  compressed  lips 
while  he  counts  five,  increasing  the  count  as  capacity  in- 
creases. 

He  should  also  use  this  exercise  at  night  while  lying 
ready  to  go  to  sleep,  placing  his  body  in  a  position  of 
relaxation  and  thinking  how  relaxed  he  is  while  taking 
the  exercise;  this  for  the  purpose  of  going  to  sleep  in  a 
relaxed  instead  of  a  tense  condition. 

VOCATIONAL  ADAPTABILITY 

He  has  unusual  selling  ability,  and  it  extends  to  good 
ability  along  the  lines  of  promotion. 

He  has  good  legal  ability,  and  would  make  an  unusually 
good  trial  lawyer,  by  increasing  his  powers  of  expression. 

He  has  good  mechanical  ability,  and  could  have  made 
a  success  as  an  electrical,  mechanical  or  civil  engineer.  He 
has  splendid  comprehension  of  mechanical  things. 


1 64  Character  Revelations 

He  would  have  made  a  very  good  success  as  a  doctor, 
particularly  a  surgeon. 


Analyst 
April  5th,  1 92 1. 

note:  The  words  showing  degree  of 
quality — poor,  fair,  good  and  fine, 
give  a  basis  for  comparison. 


Analysis  Number  222 


A  mechanical  mind.  Well  developed  dur- 
ing recent  years.  Fine  abilities  within  his 
scope.     A  railroad  man. 


Analysis  Number  200 


165 


PROFILE    ANALYSIS     NO.     200 


Analysis  167 

Name 

Page Address Age .... 

TYPE 

Physical-Mental  type  :  very  close  balance 
between  the  mental  and  physical;  vigorous 
bone  and  muscle  structure;  vigorous  hair 
growth;  medium  coloring,  tending  toward 
dark,  natural  quality  fair,  developed  quality 
good.  Weight  190  lbs.  Height  5  feet  10 
inches. 

ANALYSIS 

He  has  a  very  vigorous  physical  side,  and  during  his 
earlier  years  the  body  side  made  more  than  ordinarily 
strong  demands  upon  him. 

He  goes  out  generally  to  all  people  and  all  people  like 
him.  He  is  not  as  strong  in  his  love  of  home  as  he  is  in 
his  general  liking  for  people,  and  he  wants  many  people 
around  him,  both  in  his  business  as  well  as  in  his  home 
life.  He  is  a  man  that  can  be  transplanted  from  one  place 
to  another  at  any  time,  and  he  will  not  know  what  home- 
sickness is. 

He  has  a  good  degree  of  aggressiveness,  which  makes 
him  firm  in  his  opinion,  but  his  degree  of  energy  is  not 


1 68  Character  Revelations 

quite  in  harmony,  which  results  in  his  never  having 
realized  upon  his  ambitions  as  he  might 

He  has  a  strong  sense  side,  and  enjoys  this  play  upon 
the  senses,  and  this  also  has  militated  against  the  degree 
of  energy  that  we  should  otherwise  have  found  here, 
and  particularly  does  this  reflect  on  the  activity  of  the 
mental  side. 

He  has  had  a  good  degree  of  self-esteem,  but  it  has 
been  more  a  self-respect  in  relation  to  himself  and  those 
who  belong  to  him,  than  it  has  been  the  quality  which  has 
made  him  make  others  realize  his  capabilities. 

He  has  a  liking  for  approbation,  and  will  not  work 
long  in  any  position  in  which  destructive  criticism  is 
offered.  He  nevertheless  is  open  to  constructive  criticism 
at  any  time,  and  tries  to  improve  himself  in  accordance 
with  it. 

He  has  a  good  degree  of  continuity  of  purpose,  but 
has  been  over-sensitive  in  his  business  relationships  as 
well  as  in  home  surroundings,  and  has  had  a  tendency  to 
feel  that  people  were  taking  advantage  of  him  where  they 
really  had  but  little  intention  of  doing  so.  His  aggressive- 
ness did  not  make  him  come  back  at  them,  but  resulted  in 
his  harboring  resentments  which  gradually  grew  and 
caused  him  to  leave. 

He  has  good  firmness  of  character  with  fine  tenacity 
of  purpose,  but  likes  to  have  a  little  bit  of  change  and 
diversion  in  accomplishing  the  thing  that  he  undertakes. 

He  has  a  desire  to  acquire  and  save,  which  is  stronger 


Analysis  169 

even  than  his  love  of  approbation  and  his  liking  to  be  a 
good  fellow,  although  these  qualities  militate  against  his 
ability  to  lay  by  for  the  future. 

He  has  a  good  degree  of  caution,  but  there  is  little 
of  conservatism  and  none  of  secretiveness. 

He  has  the  liking  to  pull  things  to  pieces,  as  well  as  to 
build  them  up.  His  constructive  side,  which  is  strong, 
but  which  has  never  been  exercised,  as  it  should  have  been, 
should  find  its  outlet  in  actual  mechanical  work  by  coming 
in  direct  contact  with  the  thing  to  be  done  or  in  the 
direction  of  others  who  are  actually  doing  the  work. 

He  is  conscientious — not  foolishly  so,  but  will  see  that 
everyone  with  whom  he  deals  is  treated  squarely.  He  is 
not  a  detail  man,  and  is  not  over-conscientious  in  relation 
to  details,  which  gives  him  the  ability  to  train  others  to 
work  for  him  and  makes  him  willing  to  turn  over  the 
details  for  others  to  work  out. 

He  has  good  reflective  and  imaginative  mind,  which 
gives  him  good  creative  and  planning  ability.  These 
faculties  in  him  can  be  best  used  along  the  line  of  mechani- 
cal inventive  work,  which,  so  far,  he  has  not  developed. 
His  imagination  at  present  is  held  down  strictly  to  the 
practical  thing,  although  in  the  past  he  has  been  somewhat 
theoretical  rather  than  practical. 

He  has  a  broad  sense  of  humor,  which  is  active. 

He  has  good  ability  in  reasoning  from  cause  to  effect, 
providing  the  thing  which  he  is  analyzing  is  immediately 
before    him;    but    is    not    good    in    abstract    reasoning, 


170  Character  Revelations 

although  he  has  the  possibility  of  developing  this  faculty 
to  a  minor  degree. 

He  has  good  comparative  judgment,  particularly  operat- 
ing through  the  perceptives  in  relation  to  the  things  that 
he  sees.  He  has  naturally  good  intuitive  judgment  in 
relation  to  all  things  and  particularly  in  relation  to  people, 
as  well  as  a  good  degree  of  perceptive  judgment  in  this 
same  respect. 

He  has  an  unusually  good  memory  for  locations,  events 
and  contours,  which  will  include  topography,  and  he 
always  knows  just  where  he  is  and  carries  a  visual  picture 
of  the  thing  that  he  sees.  This  visual  memory  is  more 
in  relation  to  things  in  a  large  way  than  in  detail,  although 
he  can  extend  this  faculty  to  visualizing  things  in  detail. 

He  has  unusually  good  judgment  of  form;  is  keenly 
observant  in  relation  to  things  in  a  general  way ;  has  good 
judgment  of  size  and  weight  and  is  decidedly  orderly  in 
the  placing  of  things  around  him,  but  is  not  as  logical  in 
the  storing  of  knowledge  as  he  has  not  given  as  much 
attention  to  this  development. 

He  has  the  ability  to  see  more  than  one  side  of  a 
proposition,  and  will  study  it  from  many  angles. 

He  has  good  moral  code;  good  justice  of  thought  and 
good  powers  of  discrimination  and  ability  to  distinguish 
between  what  should  be  and  what  should  not  be,  and  this 
same  quality  has  overcome,  to  a  very  great  extent,  his 
habit  of  taking  resentments  toward  people  during  his 
earlier  years. 


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Analysis  171 

He  has  some  degree  of  irritability,  quite  an  active 
temper,  fairly  well  in  control.  He  has  an  eye  that  is 
more  than  usually  observant,  and  he  is  good  in  his  deci- 
sions. He  is  deliberate  in  making  both  minor  decisions  as 
well  as  larger  ones,  and  hardly  ever  acts  upon  his  first 
thought  in  relation  to  a  proposition. 

He  has  a  fair  development  of  analysis  and  mental  con- 
centration. He  has  his  emotions  well  in  control,  and  has 
never  allowed  them  to  be  to  any  extent  uncontrolled.  In 
earlier  years  they  were  considerably  more  active  than 
they  are  now,  but  his  good  mind  development  and  his 
naturally  high  ideals  have  always  kept  this  side  of  his 
nature,  to  a  great  extent,  in  check. 

He  has  active  heart  and  lung  action  and  good  digestive 
powers,  which  give  him  splendid  recuperative  power; 
he  seldom  knows  what  it  is  to  be  tired  physically. 

He  has  good  mental  and  physical  perseverance  and 
endurance,  although  he  has  never  taxed  his  mental  endur- 
ance to  any  extent,  nor  cultivated  it. 

He  is  a  man  that  learns  and  gathers  information  nearly 
wholly  through  observation  and  absorption,  rather  than 
actually  studying  it  out  from  books,  but  his  mind  is  turn- 
ing more  in  the  direction  of  real  study  and  will  develop 
considerably  along  this  line  during  the  next  years  if  he 
continues  his  present  mental  attitude. 

He  has  never  been  as  ambitious  as  he  should  have 
been,  and  had  a  tendency  to  check  his  forces  and  turn 
them  in  upon  himself  rather  than  to  seek  fields  of  en- 


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deavor  in  which  he  could  use  these  forces  as  an  outgoing 
factor  in  his  success. 

In  addition  to  being  fond  of  mechanical  things  and 
having  a  good  mathematical  mind,  he  is  also  interested  in 
both  art  and  music,  but  from  a  practical  standpoint. 

He  has  very  active  enthusiasms  and  unlimited  physical 
force,  with  a  good  mental  development  to  enable  him  to 
accomplish  the  thing  that  he  undertakes. 

He  is  just  in  the  prime  of  life  and  can  afford  to  use 
himself  both  mentally  and  physically,  vigorously,  without 
any  fear  of  overdoing  either  from  this  time  on. 

He  is  optimistic  in  character;  he  likes  a  good  chance, 
and  he  should,  with  using  due  caution,  branch  out. 

CONSTRUCTIVE  CRITICISM 

He  must  develop  more  self-confidence;  self-assertive- 
ness,  and  make  his  aggressiveness  a  more  active  thing  in 
working  out  his  plans. 

He  must  develop  his  planning  ability  so  that  he  may 
think  further  ahead  and  seize  upon  some  ambition  and 
work  toward  that  end. 

He  must  make  his  more  than  ordinary  vigorous  physi- 
cal side,  which  is  so  well  under  control,  a  more  active 
factor  in  winning  his  success,  instead  of  turning  these 
forces  in  upon  himself.    He  must  utilize  them  in  his  work. 

For  the  purpose  of  increasing  his  planning  ability,  he 
should  cultivate  the  notebook  habit,   writing  down  his 


Analysis  173 

daily  plans  and  adhering  as  closely  to  them  as  possible. 
In  addition  to  this,  he  should  write  down  any  thoughts 
that  may  come  to  him,  either  along  the  line  of  mechanical 
improvement  or  along  the  line  of  ambitions,  and  should 
add  to  these  thoughts  from  time  to  time,  until  he  has 
sufficiently  worked  out  the  thing  to  make  it  a  reality. 
This  habit  properly  developed  will  make  these  things 
within  him  more  of  a  living  purpose,  and  will  also  develop 
his  powers  of  expression,  first  in  his  ability  to  write  down 
these  things,  and  afterwards  his  ability  to  express  them 
by  word  of  mouth. 

He  must  develop  his  constructive  ability,  as  it  is  one 
of  his  strong  forces,  and  to  do  this  he  must  learn  to  more 
accurately  visualize  the  things  that  he  does  not  have 
before  him,  which  will  give  him  a  broader  viewpoint 
from  which  to  reason. 

He  must  read  more  literature  of  a  constructive  nature, 
for  increasing  his  ambitions.  He  should  read  good 
biographies  and  literature  that  will  stimulate  his 
ambitions. 

For  increasing  his  planning  ability  he  can  afford  to  read 
such  things  as  the  System  Magazine  and  The  American. 

For  improving  his  perceptive  development  and  increas- 
ing his  ability  to  concentrate  his  mind  and  attention,  he 
should  read  chapters  on  Attention  and  Perceptive  Develop- 
ment, in  "Master  Mind,"  by  Theron  Q.  Dumont,  and 
apply  the  rules  therein  suggested. 

To  increase  his  ambition  and  self-confidence,  he  should 


174  Character  Revelations 

read  some  good  book  on  the  subject  of  suggestion  and 
auto-suggestion,  and  apply  auto-suggestion  to  himself 
in  the  work  of  character  building. 

He  can  afford  to  put  a  little  bit  more  work  on  subduing 
his  irritability  and  temper,  although  he  has  them  well  in 
hand  at  this  time. 

He  should,  if  he  wants  to  get  into  the  practical  side 
of  construction  and  building  work,  for  which  he  is  so 
well  equipped,  take  up  the  study  of  mechanical  drafting, 
estimating,  and  improve  himself  in  mathematics. 

There  is  nothing  to  suggest  that  he  should  do  from  the 
body  side,  except  possibly  that  he  take  regular  morning 
exercises  and  cool  sponge  bath,  with  energetic  rub  there- 
after, so  as  to  take  off  a  little  of  his  flesh  and  make  him 
more  elastic  in  his  muscle  structure.  The  increased 
stimulation  of  body  will  react  in  increased  activity  of 
mind. 

VOCATIONAL  ADAPTABILITY 

He  has  unusually  good  ability  along  mechanical  lines, 
and  construction  work  is  the  thing  that  he  should  have 
gone  into.  He  may  consider  it  late  to  develop  himself 
as  a  mechanical  or  civil  engineer,  and  this  will  depend 
greatly  upon  the  experience  which  he  has  had  in  the  past, 
which  might  greatly  aid  him  in  this  work. 

As  a  second  vocation  I  would  suggest  salesmanship, 
along  the  line  of  a  heavy  mechanical  thing,  or  real  estate 
and  farm  lands,  more  particularly  farm  lands. 


Analysis  175 

He  also  will  make  a  splendid  appraiser  or  cruiser  for 
a  mortgage  and  trust  company,  in  making  value  reports 
on  large  tracts  of  land. 


Analyst 
March  19th,  1921. 

note  :  The  words  showing  degree  of 
quality — poor,  fair,  good  and  fine, 
give  a  basis  for  comparison. 


Analysis  Number  200 


A  fine  musician  and  teacher  of  music  in  a 
university.  An  unusually  sensitive  type  of 
fine  quality  and  strictly  feminine.  Pictures 
do  not  do  her  justice. 


Analysis  Number  232 


177 


PROFILE    ANALYSIS     NO.    232 


Analysis  179 

Name 

Page Address Age 


TYPE 

Mental-Physical  type;  good  bone  struc- 
ture ;  fair  muscle  structure ;  good  hair 
growth;  medium  coloring;  good  quality, 
tending  in  the  direction  of  fine;  weight  121 
lbs.     Height  5  feet  3  inches. 

ANALYSIS 

She  has  always  been  very  even  in  her  likings  for  people. 
She  takes  no  definite  dislikes  to  anyone. 

She  has  quite  a  large  degree  of  sensitiveness ;  a  little  bit 
of  self-consciousness;  her  self-consciousness  is  nearly 
entirely  overcome,  but  the  sensitiveness  is  still  quite  an 
active  thing  within  her,  although  she  has  fought  strenu- 
ously to  prevent  it  being  supersensitiveness. 

She  likes  people  very  generally,  both  men  and  women, 
and  they  generally  like  her. 

She  has  a  great  love  of  home  and  home  surroundings ; 
she  is  strongly  fond  of  children  and  has  strong  maternal 
instincts. 

She  has  not  a  great  deal  of  continuity  of  purpose;  she 
does  not  like  to  have  to  do  continuously  one  thing  in  one 
way,  but  she  has  splendid  firmness  of  character  which 
gives  her  good  tenacity  to  accomplish  the  thing  which  she 


180  Character  Revelations 

undertakes,  but  she  likes  a  good  degree  of  excitement  and 
change  interspersed  in  the  doing  of  the  thing,  as  a 
diversion. 

She  has  a  love  of  approbation,  and  with  her  great 
sensitiveness  her  entire  efforts  will  be  killed  under  de- 
structive or  ignorant  criticism;  in  fact,  even  silence  will 
materially  cool  her  enthusiasms.  She  must  have  expressed 
appreciation,  to  be  able  to  accomplish  her  best. 

She  has  never  had  enough  of  self-esteem,  nor  enough 
of  confidence  in  her  own  abilities.  She  has  splendid  judg- 
ments and  really  good  abilities,  but  has  always  tended 
rather  to  depreciate  herself,  than  to  give  herself  legitimate 
credit  for  what  she  can  do. 

She  has  never  had  quite  enough  of  secretiveness  or 
caution  in  her  make-up,  and  she  has  always  had  a  tendency 
to  tell  a  little  more  in  relation  to  herself  and  those  that 
belong  to  her,  than  she  should.  She  should  develop  more 
of  caution  in  mental  attitude  as  well  as  in  spoken  word. 

She  has  a  large  degree  of  conscientiousness,  but  as  she 
is  strongly  influenced  by  environments  and  people  that  are 
around  her,  she  sometimes  will  be  persuaded  from  her 
naturally  extreme  conscientiousness. 

She  has  high  ideals  in  conjunction  with  her  con- 
scientiousness. 

She  has  a  vivid  imagination,  and  there  is  nothing  she 
enjoys  more  than  literally  giving  herself  up  for  certain 
periods,  to  dreams. 

She  has  fine  reflective  ability,  with  good  creative  and 


Analysis  181 

planning  side,  particularly  along  the  lines  of  art  and  music, 
as  she  is  strongly  artistic  in  these  directions. 

She  is  interested  in  philosophical  literature,  poetry,  and 
she  is  particularly  good  in  her  fine  discriminative  power 
in  relation  to  these  things.  She  enjoys  the  fine  touches  in 
everything. 

She  has  good  ability  in  reasoning  from  cause  to  effect ; 
with  very  fairly  accurate  premises  from  which  to  reason. 

She  has  good  comparative  and  reflective  ability,  and  her 
perceptions  give  her  fair  judgment  as  to  form,  weight, 
size,  color  and  time.  Her  judgment  of  time  is  particularly 
good. 

She  has  good  memory  for  locations  and  contours, 
which  in  her  will  find  its  use  in  memorizing  musical 
scores. 

Her  judgment  of  order  is  a  little  erratic,  and  she  is  not 
so  particular  in  the  placing  of  material  things  around  her. 
She  gets  her  cleaning-up  days,  but  is  much  more  inclined 
to  have  a  place  for  everything  and  everything  in  that 
place.  She  is  more  logical  of  mind  than  she  is  systematic 
in  the  placing  of  things  around  her. 

She  has  a  slight  degree  of  irritability;  strictly  of  the 
effervescent  type;  there  is  no  sullenness,  although  there 
is  some  moodiness  in  her. 

She  has  an  unusually  vivid  emotional  side,  as  she  feels 
everything  very  keenly.  She  has  not  only  a  strong  sense 
side,  but  she  also  has  a  very  intense  side,  which  makes  an 
unusually  fine  combination  of  forces. 


1 82  Character  Revelations 

She  has  a  tendency  toward  exaggeration  of  small 
things,  making  "mountains  out  of  mole  hills."  This  is 
particularly  true  when  she  has  overtaxed  her  nerve  side. 
This  overtax  has  caused  her  to  have  sleepless  nights  when 
things  seem  to  grow  to  abnormal  proportions  compared  to 
the  real  importance  of  the  thing  considered. 

She  also  has  a  tendency  to  allow  her  emotionalism  to 
find  its  outlet  in  tears.  This  is  more  a  thing  of  the  past 
than  of  the  present,  and  was  partly  caused  by  her  great 
sensitiveness. 

She  has  a  very  fine  eye  for  observation  with  natural 
tendencies  toward  fine  powers  of  concentration.  She  can 
afford  to  develop  her  perceptive  judgments  to  even  a 
greater  degree,  than  they  are  developed  at  the  present 
time.  She  now  has  very  good  judgment,  although  she  is 
a  little  erratic  in  this  respect,  according  to  the  condition 
of  her  nerve  side  at  the  time  of  making  her  decisions. 

She  is  very  good  in  minor  decisions,  but  is  inclined  to 
be  indecisive  in  relation  to  bigger  things. 

She  has  good  heart  and  lung  action,  giving  her  plenty 
of  energy  with  a  decided  tendency  to  overtaxing  her  nerve 
side.  She  works  far  more  on  her  nerve  than  on  actual 
physical  strength. 

She  has  good  tenacity,  giving  her  good  perseverance 
and  endurance,  both  mental  and  physical. 

She  has  a  little  tendency  toward  sarcasm,  has  a  fine 
degree  of  determination  and  control.  All  of  these  quali- 
ties, as  well  as  her  courage,  are  more  of  a  defensive  type 


FULL    FACE    ANALYSIS    NO.    232 


Analysis  183 

than  an  offensive,  and  yet  they  can  be  brought  into 
aggressive  action  if  she  is  sufficiently  roused. 

She  has  very  active  enthusiasms;  is  ambitious;  has 
plenty  of  initiative  and  originality  in  the  way  in  which 
she  does  things.  Her  enthusiasms  are  not  as  well 
sustained  as  they  should  be. 

She  has  strong  recuperative  powers,  with  good  will 
power  when  brought  to  bear. 

She  is  strongly  musical  and  very  decidedly  artistic. 
Her  artistry  will  find  its  outlet  in  drawing,  painting, 
expression,  dramatic,  art,  literature  or  music. 

CONSTRUCTIVE  CRITICISM 

She  should  cultivate  more  self-dependence  and  self- 
assurance;  she  should  cease  to  depreciate  her  own  quali- 
ties either  to  herself  or  to  others,  as  she  is  unusually  well 
equipped  with  abilities. 

She  should  cease  to  give  so  much  of  herself  on  all 
occasions  to  all  people,  and  conserve  her  energies  more, 
cultivating  more  of  poise  and  dignity  so  that  she  may 
so  conserve  her  energies. 

She  should  cultivate  the  ability  to  give  of  herself  in  a 
more  passive  way,  rather  than  to  be  so  enthusiastic  over 
every  detail,  and  thus  give  out  so  much  explosive  energy. 
A  teakettle  with  the  lid  on  has  reserve  power.  A  teakettle 
with  the  lid  off  has  no  reserve,  as  the  power  is  expended 
as  soon  as  generated. 


1 84  Character  Revelations 

She  should  cultivate  the  ability  to  talk  less  about 
personal  things,  as  holding  something  in  reserve  always 
gives  power. 

She  should  cultivate  the  ability  to  hold  more  definitely 
to  her  own  opinions,  rather  than  to  be  influenced  by 
others.  This  would  include  making  her  enthusiasms  of 
more  sustained  periods — not  allowing  negative  criticism 
to  influence  her  in  relation  to  the  accomplishment  of 
them. 

She  should  make  her  imaginative  side  a  more  practical 
thing,  by  making  it  creative. 

She  should  equip  herself  with  notebooks,  and  as  her 
fantastic  and  original  thoughts  come  to  her  she  should 
write  them  down  so  as  to  correlate  them  into  stories. 

She  can  afford  to  sharpen  her  perceptive  faculties  some- 
what, but  must  not  work  on  this  to  the  extent  of  militat- 
ing against  her  fine  subconscious  abilities.  She  should 
cultivate  the  ability  to  bring  herself  to  conscious  thinking 
at  will,  but  equally  cultivate  the  ability  to  relax  her  mind 
and  put  herself  into  the  subconscious  state  while  giving 
expression  to  her  artistic  side. 

From  the  body  side,  she  should  cultivate  the  ability  to 
breathe  more  deeply,  drawing  in  her  breath  while  she 
counts  five,  holding  it  while  she  counts  five,  forcing  it 
from  her  through  compressed  lips  while  she  counts  five, 
increasing  the  count  as  capacity  increases. 

She  should  take  a  cool  sponge  bath  each  morning,  and 
should  use  the  "Daily  Dozen"  exercises  regularly  each 


Analysis  185 

morning,  and  if  possible,  twice  a  day.  She  can  relieve  to 
a  very  great  extent  her  nerve  tension,  and  build  in  greater 
elasticity  of  her  muscle  structures,  if  she  will  do  this  work 
systematically.     This  is  important. 

She  should  take  plenty  of  outdoor  exercise,  but  she 
should  avoid  anything  that  is  unusual  from  the  standpoint 
of  excitement.  Golfing  is  a  very  fine  exercise  for  her. 
She  should  consider  her  heart  during  her  exercises,  as  it 
has  a  tendency  to  be  over-responsive. 

She  should  cultivate  the  ability  to  control  her  sensitive- 
ness; and  what  little  resentments  may  arise  therefrom. 
She  can  well  afford  to  read  some  good  book  on  the  sub- 
ject of  suggestion  and  auto-suggestion,  and  she  should 
apply  the  exercises  therein  given,  for  doing  away  with 
these  negative  qualities  and  building  in  the  positive 
qualities. 

She  must  learn  to  forget  her  relationship  to  things, 
thinking  more  of  the  things  that  she  does,  as  she  is  some- 
what self-centered.  This  apparently  refers  more  to  the 
past  than  the  present. 

She  must  overcome,  by  developing  a  happy  mental 
attitude,  her  tendency  toward  moodiness,  exaggeration  of 
small  things,  and  allowing  them  to  result  in  wakeful 
nights. 

So  as  to  more  fully  understand  her  perceptive  side,  she 
should  read  chapters  on  Attention  and  Perceptive  Develop- 
ment, in  "Master  Mind,"  by  Theron  Q.  Dumont,  and 
apply  the  exercises  therein  given. 


1 86  Character  Revelations 

VOCATIONAL  ADAPTABILITY 

Her  chief  outlet  will  be  through  her  ability  to  express 
herself.  She  will  be  successful  in  music.  If  she  has  a 
voice,  she  should  cultivate  it. 

She  would  be  better  as  a  violinist  rather  than  a  pianist, 
as  it  gives  a  wider  range  of  expression,  and  she  has  fine 
correlation  of  her  perceptive  mind  and  body  action. 

She  can  do  almost  any  kind  of  art  work — illustrating  of 
books,  etc.  She  will  make  a  success  in  dramatic  art,  if  she 
will  cultivate  a  little  greater  intensity  of  outgoing  force. 

She  can  make  a  big  success  in  the  telling  of  children's 
stories  professionally,  and  it  is  advised  that  she  take  up 
a  course  in  this  work,  using  it  as  an  avocation  to  develop 
her  powers  of  word  expression. 

She  should  find  an  outlet  during  her  spare  moments, 
in  developing  her  literary  ability,  by  writing  child  stories, 
using  her  originality  and  writing  along  the  line  of  the 
fantastic. 


Analyst 
April  12,  1921. 

note:  The  words  showing  degree  of 
quality — poor,  fair,  good  and  fine, 
give  a  basis  for  comparison. 

Analysis  Number  232 


A  good  high  type  saleswoman.  A  good 
combination  of  feminine  quality  with 
masculine  aggressiveness. 


Analysis  Number  310 


187 


PROFILE    ANALYSIS    NO.    310 


Analysis  189 

Name 

Address Age 

TYPE 

Mental-Physical  type;  good  bone  and 
muscle  structure;  vigorous  hair  growth; 
medium  coloring,  tending  in  the  direction 
of  dark;  fair  quality.  Weight  155  lbs. 
Height  5  feet  7  inches. 

ANALYSIS 

She  is  more  evenly  balanced  than  the  average  woman 
from  the  standpoint  of  mental  and  physical  quality. 

She  has  good,  active  mentality,  supported  by  vigorous 
body  side.  She  has  a  decided  liking  for  people  in  general, 
although  she  takes  some  pretty  strong  prejudices. 

She  likes  men  rather  generally ;  in  other  words,  makes 
many  men  friends,  although  particular  in  her  selection  of 
these  friends.  She  is  rather  what  may  be  termed  a  man's 
woman  than  a  woman's  woman,  in  that  she  prefers  a 
man's  society  to  a  woman's  society. 

She  has  a  real  liking  for  home  and  country,  and  is 
particularly  loyal  in  respect  to  anyone  in  whom  she  has 
a  personal  interest. 

She  is  fond  of  approbation  and  can  accomplish  her  best, 
when  in  a  congenial  atmosphere ;  in  fact,  finds  it  difficult 
to  work  in  uncongenial  surroundings,  although  she  has 


190  Character  Revelations 

spent  a  considerable  period  of  her  life  where  she  has  not 
had  approbation  given  to  her  and  where  surroundings 
were  not  congenial. 

She  has  a  good  degree  of  legitimate  self-esteem, 
although  as  a  result  of  her  discontent  and  her  dissatisfac- 
tion with  things,  she  has  often  gone  into  different 
branches  of  excitement,  not  because  she  had  any  particular 
love  for  the  type  of  excitement,  but  purely  to  try  to  get 
away  from  herself. 

Her  natural  tendency  is  to  have  decided  continuity  of 
purpose,  holding  strongly  to  the  one  thing,  and  wishing 
to  work  it  out  more  along  routine  lines  than  with  excite- 
ment and  change  interspersed,  but  she  has  developed  quite 
a  large  liking  for  excitement  and  change,  for  the  same 
reason  as  the  paragraph  preceding. 

She  has  a  good  degree  of  conscientiousness,  and  with  it 
high  ideals,  and  these  ideals  and  her  conscientiousness 
have  sometimes  proved  uncomfortable  so  far  as  she  is 
concerned. 

She  has  a  desire  to  acquire  and  save  material  things, 
but  her  love  of  approbation  has  to  a  certain  extent 
militated  against  her  ability  to  do  so. 

She  has  a  little  of  secretiveness  in  her,  and  this  has  been 
developed  rather  than  lessened.  She  has  the  tendency  to 
keep  things  too  much  within  herself,  with  the  result  that 
she  frequently  makes  "mountains  out  of  mole  hills," 
because  she  does  not  discuss  the  things  with  some  good 
friend  whom  she  might  trust. 


Analysis  191 

She  has  a  good  degree  of  caution,  which  should  be 
used  instead  of  trying  to  build  in  conservatism. 

She  is  erratic  in  the  application  of  both  her  con- 
servatism and  secretiveness,  in  that  she  keeps  to  herself 
often  the  little  things  of  less  importance,  and  on  the  spur 
of  the  minute  will  confide  larger  things  of  greater  im- 
portance, which  she  afterwards  regrets. 

She  has  a  natural  tendency  toward  being  most  decidedly 
generous,  but  as  a  result  of  rebuffs  she  has  had  a  tendency 
to  be  cynical  and  somewhat  bitter  in  her  judgments  and 
feelings  in  relation  to  things  generally. 

Her  natural  tendency  is  to  accept  people  generally  on 
faith,  but  as  a  result  of  some  not  proving  what  they  should 
be,  she  has  taken  it  seriously,  which  has  caused  this 
resulting  bitterness  and  cynicism  in  relation  to  people. 

She  has  a  fine  imaginative  and  creative  side,  which 
gives  her  splendid  planning  ability. 

She  has  done  more  conscious  effort  along  the  line  of 
planning  and  creative  work  in  the  past  than  she  is  doing 
at  present,  and  latterly  has  a  little  bit  too  much  of  a  "don't 
care"  attitude  in  this  respect. 

She  has  good  ability  in  reasoning  from  cause  to  effect, 
can  develop  a  good  degree  of  abstract  reasoning,  has 
good  comparative  judgment  and  naturally  good  intuitive 
judgment  in  relation  to  people,  with  a  fair  degree  of 
developed  perceptive  judgment  in  this  respect. 

She  has  naturally  a  fine  sense  of  humor,  but  un- 
fortunately  has    taken    herself    and    those    around    her 


192  Character  Revelations 

altogether  too  seriously,  during  later  years;  she  should 
build  her  humor  side  and  see  things  more  from  that 
angle. 

She  has  good  constructive  ability,  which,  with  her  good 
planning  ability,  should  give  her  good  executive  power 
and  if  developed,  would  give  her  a  nice  degree  of  ability 
in  handling  others  and  in  organizing  others. 

The  chief  outlet  for  this  constructive  power  and  the 
resulting  ability  to  organize  will  be  through  mental  chan- 
nels rather  than  by  coming  in  direct  contact  with  the  thing 
or  people  being  organized. 

She  has  more  than  ordinarily  good  memory  for  loca- 
tions, events  and  contours,  and  if  she  had  taken  up  art 
work  should  have  used  these  powers  in  forming  things 
with  her  hands,  such  as  sculpturing,  or  any  kind  of  design- 
ing where  the  hand  is  brought  into  correlation  with 
perceptive  judgment. 

She  has  good  judgment  of  form,  weight  and  size,  has 
good  powers  of  observation,  has  good  judgment  of  color, 
time,  and  is  reasonably  orderly  in  the  placing  of  material 
things  around  her.  She  naturally  should  be  most  decidedly 
this  way,  and  is  during  periods,  but  has  a  tendency  to  be 
a  little  erratic  in  her  action  in  this  respect.  Her  "don't 
care"  attitude  reacts  in  this  also. 

She  has  the  ability  to  see  things  from  more  than  one 
angle,  having  quite  a  degree  of  subtlety  of  mind  in  this 
respect. 

She  has  quite  a  degree  of  irritability,  with  a  tendency 


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Analysis  193 

toward  some  sullenness  and  a  little  bit  of  vindictiveness. 
These  qualities  are  natural  to  her,  and  considering  the 
development  of  the  balance  of  the  face,  the  negative 
qualities  are  not  developed  to  the  extent  that  might  be 
expected. 

She  has  quite  a  degree  of  developed  emotionalism 
which  apparently  is  more  a  thing  of  the  past  than  present, 
but  it  is  still  active  within  her. 

She  has  quite  a  degree  of  active  sense  excitability ;  she 
has  good  heart  and  lung  action,  giving  her  a  good  degree 
of  energy;  she  is  quick  in  her  minor  decisions,  but  tends 
to  be  slow  in  making  up  her  mind  on  bigger  things. 

She  has  not  the  tenacity,  the  perseverance  and  endur- 
ance which  would  naturally  be  hers  had  she  cultivated 
these  qualities  which  are  in  her. 

The  desire  for  change  in  her,  to  which  we  have 
already  referred  as  having  been  developed,  is  more  a  re- 
sult of  restlessness  than  because  it  ;s  inherent  quality. 

The  skepticism,  cynicism,  discontent  and  bitterness 
which  have  all  been  referred  to,  can  easily  be  eliminated 
and  done  away  with  altogether  in  this  naturally  well- 
balanced  nature,  if  only  a  proper  mental  attitude  is 
acquired. 

She  has  a  good  degree  of  determination,  a  good  degree 
of  control,  but  decisiveness  is  not  developed  to  the  point 
to  which  it  should  be. 

She  has  naturally  very  active  enthusiasms  and  naturally 
these  are  well   sustained   in  her,  but  she  has   latterly 

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194  Character  Revelations 

attempted  to  repress  her  emotions,  and  with  them  her 
enthusiasms,  rather  than  to  let  them  be  active  in  her. 

She  has  good  digestive  powers  and  is  therefore  quick 
in  recouping  from  any  over-taxing  of  her  mental  or 
physical  sides. 

She  is  fond  of  music  and  art  and  is  a  very  good  judge 
of  these  things.  She  has  not  developed  the  degree  of 
concentration  and  penetration  that  will  give  her  the  degree 
of  memory  which  she  is  entitled  to  have  with  so  good  a 
natural  equipment. 

She  visualizes  things  in  rather  a  half-hearted  way,  as 
a  result  of  lack  of  development  of  her  faculties,  but 
should  devote  herself  to  a  greater  development  along 
this  line. 

She  has  some  degree  of  temper,  but  it  is  of  the  type 
that  comes  to  the  front  slowly,  but  burns  for  quite  a  long 
period  when  roused. 

She  has  some  tendency  toward  being  sarcastic  and 
resentful. 

Her  natural  tendency  is  to  be  optimistic  rather  than 
pessimistic,  but  she  has  developed  the  attitude  of  pessim- 
ism rather  than  optimism. 

CONSTRUCTIVE  CRITICISM 

She  must  develop  a  greater  degree  of  self-confidence 
and  allow  herself  to  be  legitimately  aggressive  in  enforc- 
ing her  abilities  upon  others. 


Analysis  195 

She  should  allow  her  natural  liking  for  people  to  find 
a  more  general  outlet,  developing  caution  rather  than 
allowing  secretiveness  and  conservatism  to  be  the  control- 
ling qualities. 

She  must  turn  her  imagination  and  her  good  creative 
forces  into  a  stronger  factor  for  her  success,  and  to 
accomplish  this  purpose  she  should  learn  to  write  down 
thoughts  and  plans  as  they  come  to  her  wholly  for  the 
purpose  of  learning  to  more  clearly  express  them  and  for 
the  purpose  of  working  them  out  more  in  detail. 

She  must  overcome  her  habit  of  self-depreciation  and 
thinking  with  a  "don't  care"  attitude,  "what  is  the  use?" 
by  giving  herself  positive  suggestions  instead  of  these 
negative  thoughts. 

She  must  overcome  her  discontent,  her  tendency  to  be 
bitter,  cynical  and  skeptical,  both  in  relation  to  people  and 
things. 

She  must  develop  a  greater  degree  of  ability  to  analyze, 
greater  degree  of  concentration,  the  ability  to  give  closer 
attention  to  the  things  that  she  does  and  to  observe  with 
a  greater  degree  of  penetration. 

For  the  purpose  of  developing  attention  and  perceptive 
development,  she  should  read  chapter  on  this  subject  in 
"Master  Mind"  by  Theron  Q.  Dumont,  and  apply  the 
exercises  therein  given. 

For  the  purpose  of  developing  a  broader  interest  in 
people,  not  from  the  standpoint  of  what  they  will  do  for 
her,  but  from  the  standpoint  of  what  she  can  do  for  them, 


196  Character  Revelations 

she  should  make  it  a  point  to  study  human  nature  in  all 
its  phases,  and  observe  each  and  every  person  as  she 
passes  them,  for  the  sake  of  the  knowledge  which  she 
will  acquire  by  doing  so. 

She  must  develop  a  more  inquiring  and  less  critical 
mind. 

She  must  overcome  her  tendency  to  be  self-centered. 
She  must  overcome  her  tendency  to  be  resentful,  and 
realize  that  irritability  and  resentment,  which  grow  out  of 
irritability,  hurts  no  one  but  herself. 

If  she  will  stop,  when  she  is  likely  to  become  irritable 
or  feels  herself  tending  in  this  direction,  and  think  that 
it  will  hurt  no  one  but  herself,  it  will  at  once  do  away  with 
the  irritability. 

She  should  cultivate  more  spontaneity  in  relation  to  her 
enthusiasms  and  allow  herself  to  become  more  relaxed  in 
both  her  mental  and  bodily  feeling,  and  walk  with  free 
action  and  live  more  naturally. 

She  can  afford  to  increase  her  power  of  decision  in 
action,  and  should  start  by  being  decisive  in  relation  to 
smaller  things  and  make  a  real  effort  to  cultivate  a 
decisive  attitude  in  her  mental  processes  as  well  as  her 
physical  action. 

From  the  body  side  she  should  take  regular  calisthenics 
without  apparatus,  and  the  "Daily  Dozen"  exercises  by 
Walter  Camp  are  recommended.  She  can  secure  a  copy 
of  these  exercises  outlined  and  illustrated  by  writing  to 
J.  P.  Collier  &  Son  Company,  416  West  13th  St.,  New 


Analysis  197 

York  City,  who  published  these  exercises  in  their  January 
first  (1921)  issue  of  Collier's  Weekly. 

She  should  use  deep  breathing  exercises,  giving  special 
attention  to  them  for  a  while,  so  as  to  develop  this  habit. 
She  should  draw  her  breath  in  while  she  counts  five,  hold 
it  while  she  counts  five,  allowing  it  to  pass  from  her  while 
she  counts  five,  increasing  the  count  as  capacity  increases. 

She  should  use  this  exercise  at  night  when  ready  to 
retire,  while  in  a  reclining  position,  so  as  to  bring  about 
relaxation  both  mentally  and  bodily,  before  going  to  sleep. 

She  should  take  a  cool  sponge  bath  each  morning, 
with  energetic  rub  thereafter.  She  should  also  take  plenty 
of  outdoor  exercise,  particularly  away  from  people,  other 
than  what  companions  may  be  with  her. 

For  the  purpose  of  doing  away  with  the  negative 
qualities  herein  mentioned  and  for  building  in  the  positive 
qualities,  she  should  read  some  good  book  on  suggestion 
and  auto-suggestion,  and  make  application  of  auto-sug- 
gestion for  this  purpose. 

She  should  by  holding  her  physical  energies  in  reserve, 
make  them  tend  toward  mental  stimulation,  and  thereby 
develop  a  controlled  intensity. 

VOCATIONAL  ADAPTABILITY 

She  would  make  a  success  as  a  saleswoman. 
She  has  good  executive  ability,  and  could  develop  herself 
to  bean  unusually  good  office  manager  or  private  secretary. 


198  Character  Revelations 

She  has  good  artistic  sense  as  well  as  good  mental  com- 
prehension of  the  mechanical  thing,  and  would  make  a 
success  in  designing,  either  in  doing  or  drawing  plans 
for  interior  decoration,  or  in  art  work  in  the  designing 
of  carpets,  etc. 

She  would  make  a  very  good  Domestic  Science  teacher. 
She  will  make  a  success  in  a  Personnel  Department  in  a 
corporation  if  she  will  follow  the  Constructive  Criticism 
in  building  in  the  positive  and  eliminating  the  negative 
qualities. 


Analyst. 
March  29th,  1921. 

note  :  The  words  showing  degree  of 
quality — poor,  fair,  good  and  fine, 
give  a  basis  for  comparison. 


Analysis  Number  310 


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